Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress for Vocational Certificate (Clock Hour) Programs
In order for students in clock hour certificate programs to receive financial aid, they must maintain Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (FASAP) toward completion of their program. Satisfactory progress is evaluated at the end of each payment period after grades are posted and also at the time the student completes both the required hours and weeks in a payment period if not concurrent with the end of a standard semester. If satisfactory progress is not achieved at the end of that payment period, financial aid assistance will be suspended or delayed until such time as the student regains satisfactory academic progress. FASAP is measured in terms of pace and grade point average (GPA). Pace progression is defined as the ratio of clock hours completed to clock hours scheduled and weeks scheduled to weeks completed as defined for the program payment periods.
Minimum Requirements (Qualitative and Quantitative)
GPA: Students must maintain a GPA of at least 2.0.*
Progression: Students must successfully complete at least 67% of the clock hours attempted.
*Minimum may be higher than 2.0 GPA based on clock hour program requirements.
Maximum Timeframe: Pensacola State College students may continue to receive their federal financial aid as long as they maintain the ability to complete their program within 150% of the scheduled weeks of the program and they meet the quantitative and qualitative minimums. Example: A 44 week program has a maximum time frame of 66 weeks (44 weeks x 150%).
Students not meeting minimum requirements for their clock hour program will have their financial aid assistance delayed or suspended.
All payment periods or semesters of attendance will be included in the evaluation, regardless of what year the student first enrolled or first received federal aid.
All transfer clock hours that are used to complete the clock hours required for the program will impact the number of clock hours required for which the student may be awarded aid. These hours will also be used to measure qualitative and quantitative eligibility.
Program Changes: Students will be awarded Title IV funding for a maximum of four unique programs of study at Pensacola State College.
Transfer Credits
Courses accepted as transfer credit by Pensacola State College that meet the declared program of study requirements will be used in evaluation of progress.
Course Incompletes/Withdrawals
Successful completion of coursework is defined at Pensacola State College as earning a grade of A, B+, B, C+, C, D+, D or P in most programs.