Eligibility
All applicants and students must apply for financial aid to be considered for grants, loans, and scholarships. Eligibility is established by first completing the Free Application for Student Aid (FAFSA). See “Procedures” on the next page. All Michigan residents are urged to timely apply for Michigan grants, and scholarships. The first deadline for Michigan state aid is March 1st for the coming academic year.
Students applying after this date may find that all legislatively appropriated aid funds have been allocated to those students who did apply by the first deadline. Students applying late may be “wait listed” by the State for access to undistributed remainder funds, if any.
Students must be accepted for enrollment and enrolled. The following student classifications are not eligible for federal financial aid: audit, second bachelor’s degree, those dually enrolled (i.e., high school students taking college courses), guest students or international students. Students must also demonstrate financial need via the FAFSA.
Students who are in default on any student loan or owe repayment on any Title IV aid or who are not making satisfactory academic progress (see section on Satisfactory Academic Progress later in this catalog) may not receive financial aid.
To receive government aid, a student must enroll for a minimum of 3 credit hours and maintain satisfactory academic progress. Eligible independent students enrolled for 6 - 11 hours may be considered for Michigan Adult Part-time Grants. Financial aid is based on the number of credit hours for which a student is enrolled at the close of the refund period.
Financial aid recipients must be United States citizens or eligible permanent residents and have a valid Social Security Number.
