301-4 - Enrollment Status
| Title: |
Enrollment Status |
| Owner: |
Executive Director, Academic Compliance and Reporting; AVP of Financial Aid |
| Last Updated/Revised: |
05/01/2024 |
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.
- Re-Entry - A student that stopped-out (withdrew, admin withdrew, dismiss, etc.) and are readmitted. Refer to the Readmission Policy.
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 and Doctoral |
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 |
* The Teacher Credentialing Preparation Program is considered a sub-baccalaureate undergraduate program even though a bachelor's degree is required for admission.
Internal Status
For internal reporting purposes, students in an inactive status and register within 180 calendar days from their last date of attendance are classified as a Re-Enroll student. This group of students may not go through a formal readmission process.
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.
Documents and Forms: None