Student Financial Aid and Scholarships :: University of North Texas
FAFSA applications for 2006-2007 will be available online beginning January 2, 2006. Complete your 2006-2007 FAFSA by the priority deadline of April 15, 2006.
UNT Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements
Various federal and state regulations governing student financial assistance require that an institution develop standards to measure academic progress toward a degree. Students applying for financial aid will be monitored for satisfactory academic progress whether or not financial aid was applied for or received during any academic period in which the student was previously enrolled. You will not be eligible for financial assistance if you do not meet the academic progress requirements. Minimum standards, including qualitative and quantitative measures of progress, must be achieved by the end of any given enrollment period at UNT.
Qualitative Requirements of Satisfactory Academic Progress
The minimum cumulative UNT grade point average for undergraduate students is 2.0. The minimum cumulative UNT grade point average for graduate students is 2.75. Remember: When you apply and are accepted to graduate school, your satisfactory academic progress will be measured according to graduate student classification, whether or not a bachelors degree has been earned.
Quantitative Requirements of Satisfactory Academic Progress
The financial aid office determines the number of hours you must complete by the end of each academic year based on your total registered hours during Fall, Spring and Summer at UNT. Summer will be considered part of the total hours of the current academic year. To determine the hours you must complete, see Academic Requirements.
Maximum Hour Limit
In addition to meeting qualitative and quantitative standards, you must not have registered for, earned or attempted more than a specific cumulative maximum number of semester hours as an undergraduate student. This limit is effective whether or not financial aid has ever been applied for or received. The current maximum is 186 hours for undergraduate students. The maximum includes all hours registered for, earned or attempted at any institution of higher education. This includes hours you have dropped, withdrawn from, failed, duplicated or never completed. It also includes hours earned in the Armed Forces. All aid eligibility will cease once you reach this 186-hour limit.
Students Who Receive All Failing Grades
If you receive all failing grades (any combination F's, WF's and NP's), attendance in all classes will be reviewed. If attendance cannot be confirmed via official UNT Registrar records, Student Financial Aid and Scholarships personnel will apply the federally mandated calculation for the return of financial aid funds. Unearned Title IV funds (aid) will be returned to the programs from which the money was paid to you (or your parent) and it is possible that you will owe a repayment to the university.
Appeal Process
If you fail to meet Satisfactory Academic Progress standards and consequently lose financial aid eligibility, you may submit a written appeal with supporting documentation for reinstatement of financial aid eligibility if you had mitigating circumstances.
Mitigating circumstances include:
- Serious injury of the student and/or the student's immediate family
- Serious extended illness of the student and/or the student's immediate family
- Death of the student's relative
If you have had mitigating circumstances, please visit the Student Financial Aid and Scholarships office on the first or second levels of the Eagle Student Services Center to pick up an appeal form. Please allow 2-3 weeks for the appeal to be processed. If your appeal is denied, please visit with Student Financial Aid and Scholarships for other funding opportunities.