Financial aid awards are made for one academic year to students who are accepted for admission, and are enrolled for at least five credit hours. Recipients of government aid must hold U.S. citizenship or a permanent resident visa. Students desiring aid must reapply each year and continue to make satisfactory academic progress (SAP) toward a degree to receive financial aid.
The federal government also requires that the university have an official copy of the baccalaureate undergraduate transcript from an accredited institution prior to disbursement of federal financial aid to graduate students. Provisionally accepted students will not receive loan proceeds until an official copy of their undergraduate transcript is submitted to the Graduate Studies office.
WARNING: If a student purposely gives false or misleading information on the federal aid application, s/he may be fined $20,000 by the US Department of Education, sent to prison, or both.