Calculation of Awards
Financial Aid will be considered and awarded/adjusted according to the student’s appropriate credit-hour enrollment status for financial aid purposes. If a student is enrolled in a late start class, the student will not be paid for those credit hours until after the student has attended that class. If the student is reported as a No Show or Never Attend, financial aid will be calculated based on enrollment status and prorated accordingly.
The following enrollment applies to Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters for student’s financial aid and enrollment status.
- Full-time student – 12 or more credit hours receives 100%
- Part-time students:
- 11 hours 92%
- 10 hours 83%
- 9 hours 75%
- 8 hours 67%
- 7 hours 58%
- 6 hours 50%
- 5 hours 42%
- 4 hours 33%
- 3 hours 25%
- 2 hours 17%
- 1 hour 8%
Additional Financial Aid Information
It is the student’s responsibility to update all current mailing addresses and to check their RCC student email and Self-Service accounts regularly for important information.
It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of their SAP status for financial aid eligibility. NOTE: All notices regarding financial aid SAP will be sent by mail as well as to the student’s RCC email address. Students are responsible for monitoring these mailboxes.
SAP is cumulative and includes all periods of enrollment, even those for which a student did not receive financial aid. Withdrawals whether “official” or “unofficial” and/or “withdraw passing” (WP) or “withdraw failing” (WF) affect the student’s ability to meet the qualitative standard described above. It is highly recommended to discuss any plans prior to withdrawing from courses, the student should discuss such plans with the Financial Aid Office to see how it may affect financial aid eligibility.
Incomplete grades will affect a student’s ability to meet the quantitative standard described above, as an incomplete grade will be counted as a class attempted but not completed.
Repeated courses are permitted. However, if a student passes a course (“D” or better), the course may only be repeated only once for financial aid purposes. NOTE: All notices regarding financial aid SAP updates will be sent to the student’s RCC email address. Students are responsible for monitoring their student email inbox.
Developmental/Remedial course work is included in the SAP calculation. Also, there is a limit on the amount of developmental/remedial course work that can be included for financial aid purposes. A student can receive financial aid for up to 30 credit hours of developmental/remedial course work.
Audited and/or Credit by Exam courses cannot be included in enrollment status for financial aid purposes.
A student’s change of program may affect a student’s financial aid eligibility for the new program since SAP is cumulative and must include previously attempted hours in other programs.