Eligibility Requirements
Minimum Credit Requirements. Undergraduate students are required to complete 70 percent of their attempted credits on both a quarterly and cumulative basis. (Taking fewer than 12 credits in a given quarter changes a student’s enrollment status to “part-time” and will, in most cases, affect the student’s financial aid package.)
Maximum Time Frame for Aid Eligibility. A student is expected to complete a degree program within an acceptable amount of time. WWU awards financial aid for a maximum of 275 attempted credits to a student working on a four-year degree and a maximum of 137 attempted credits to a student working on a two-year degree. (The 275 hours and 137 hours include any transfer credits a student may have.)
Washington State aid programs are awarded a maximum of 125 percent of the academic program’s limit.
Quarterly Review. At the end of each quarter after grades are processed, the student’s progress is measured using a series of five tests. The student must pass all five each quarter to meet the SAP policy:
- Maximum Units Test. Total credits attempted (WWU and transfer) cannot exceed 275.
- Academic Standing Test. Current term GPA and cumulative GPA must meet the Academic Probation and Dismissal Policy monitored by the Associate Vice President for Academic Administration.
- Current Earned Units Test. Term credits completed divided by term credits attempted must be at least 70 percent.
- Cumulative Earned Units Test. Cumulative credits completed divided by cumulative credits attempted must be at least 70 percent.
- Two-Year GPA Test. At the end of a student’s second academic year (six quarters) the student’s cumulative GPA must be 2.0 or higher.