301-4 - Enrollment Status

Title:	Enrollment Status
Owner:	VP of Student Financial Services
Last Update/Revised:	02/25/2021

Policy: The university has established various enrollment statuses for the purpose of tracking academic progression and satisfactory academic progress in accordance with federal regulations.

Matriculated Students

Degree seeking applicants that are admitted, registered, and begin their studies with the university are placed into a matriculated status. The university identifies its students into the following classifications:

First-time Freshman- These degree seeking students have no prior experience attending any post-secondary institution at the undergraduate level. Students that earned college credits before graduation from high school are also included in this classification.
Freshman- These degree seeking students have attended post-secondary institutions and may have transferred less than 12 semester credits from another institution.
Transfer Student- These degree seeking students have transferred 12 or more semester credits from another institution.

Non-matriculated Students

Non-degree seeking applicants that are admitted, registered, and begin their studies with the university will be classified as non-matriculated.

Full-Time and Part-Time

Matriculated and non-matriculated student enrollment status may be reported to external agencies as mandated by federal regulation. The university uses the following classifications to identify student's enrollment status: i.e., full-time or part-time.

Graduate		Undergraduate
Status	Credit Hours	Status	Credit Hours
Full-Time	6+	Full-Time	12+
Half Time	3-5	Three Quarter Time	9-11
Less Than Half Time	< 3	Half Time	6-8
		Less Than Half Time	1-5

Purpose: The purpose of this policy is to define student enrollment statuses as reported to external agencies regardless of federal student aid participation.

Scope: The scope of this policy applies to all university employees, current and former students.

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