Standards of Academic Progress

Students must be making satisfactory progress toward the completion of a Certificate or Associate degree to be eligible for financial aid.  Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients are applied to all students receiving financial assistance after they have attempted 12.9 credits at Delta College. All semesters and courses in which students registered at Delta College are included in determining Satisfactory Academic Progress, regardless of whether or not the students received financial aid for those semesters and courses.

Standards of Academic Progress 

1. Making Satisfactory Academic Progress is defined as earning a cumulative grade point average (GPA) consistent with the Academic Status Scale below. In calculating the GPA on this Scale, all credits for which students ever enrolled at Delta College are included (grades of A through F, P, NC, I, W, and WI plus all repeated courses).
   
   ACADEMIC STATUS SCALE
   ATTEMPTED DELTA CREDITS
   0 - 12.9
   13 - 23.9
   24 - 44.9
   45 or more
   
   MINIMUM GPA REQUIRED
   0.00
   1.50
   1.75
   2.00
    
2. Making Satisfactory Academic Progress is also defined as having satisfactorily completed 67% or more of all credits in which students have ever enrolled at Delta College.
   • Grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, or P are considered to be satisfactor completions.
   • Grades of W, WI, NC - No Credit, I - Incomplete, and F - Failure are not considered to be satisfactory completions.
   • For students with repeat grades, the lower grade is considered to be an unsatisfactory completion and the higher grade is considered to be satisfactory completion.
   • For students choosing the Fresh Start option, grades changed to P are considered to be satisfactory completions. Grades changed to NC are not considered to be satisfactory completions. (Students choosing this option should be aware that grades of C-, D+, and D, which are considered as satisfactory completions, will be converted to NC grades, which are not considered to be satisfactory completions.)
      
3. Satisfactory Academic Progress also requires that financial aid recipients complete the Certificate or Associate degree within a time frame which, by federal regulations, is 150% of the published length of the program. For example, if a student is in an Associate degree program that requires 62 credits, the degree must be completed in a maximum of 150% of 62 credits, or 93 credits including both attempted and completed credits. (Students should consult the Delta College Catalog, Section III, Programs of Study; find the number of credits required in their Certificate or Associate degree program; then multiply that number by 1.5 to determine the maximum number of credits.)
   • When students reach the maximum number of credits, financial aid will be terminated.
   • All semesters are taken into consideration when determining the maximum number of credits, whether or not students received aid during those semesters.
   • All grades (A through F, P, I, NC, W, WI) and repeated courses are counted in determining the maximum number of credits.
   • Transfer credits must be taken into consideration when calculating the maximum number of credits; therefore, all credits are transferred into Delta College will be calculated into the maximum number of credits for an Associate degree and all transfer credits will be calculated into the maximum for a Certificate. Academic records of aid recipients are reviewed by the Financial Aid Office prior to awarding for the standard academic year (Fall and Winter semesters) to ensure that Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients continue to be met. Records are reviewed again prior to awarding for the Summer Semester. Additionally, academic records for loan recipients are checked prior to each disbursement. Students receiving aid whom the College places on Academic Probation between reviews will maintain their aid eligibility (but not their loan eligibility) for the probational semester(s) until the next review, providing them with the opportunity to improve their academic records and once again meet Standards. If Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients are not met at the time of the next review, financial aid will be terminated.

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