New York State Satisfactory Academic Progress

The following Academic Progress Charts state the number of credits and the minimum grade-point average a student must meet to remain eligible for future state aid. Academic performance expectations are quite low at the beginning, allowing for a time of adjustment to college work, but after several semesters, the expectations more closely approximate the overall minimum of 2.0 GPA necessary to qualify for a degree.

Undergraduate Academic Progress Chart

Graduate Academic Progress Chart

Although the academic progress standards allow 10 semesters for completion of a bachelor's degree, the maximum award period at the undergraduate level is four years, except for approved five-year degree programs or in the case of EOP students.

Transfer students may be granted beneficial placement in accordance with either the number of payments a student has received or the number of credits earned whichever is more beneficial to the student.

A student who has lost eligibility for state aid may regain eligibility if readmitted after an absence of one calendar year.

For all state aid programs (except Aid for Part-time Study , Empire Challenger part-time awards, and Vietnam Veterans Tuition award), students must be matriculated and registered for full-time study as of the certification status date, which is the end of the fourth week of classes.

Courses that do not count toward the degree also do not count for the purposes of determining full-time enrollment. Students who have accrued 57 or more credits must declare a major prior to certification for state aid.

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