Satisfactory Academic Progress

Students must maintain a minimum cumulative institutional GPA of 3.0. Only credits taken at UM count toward your GPA requirement.

• At least 24 credit hours each academic year or 12 credit hours for full-time students enrolled for only one semester are required.
• Courses may not be repeated.
• Withdrawals, incompletes, audits, NC/No-Credits, NG/No Grades, and F’s are attempted credits but not considered earned credit hours.
• Transfer and test credits are counted in the credit completion calculation, but not in a cumulative GPA.

Up to eight consecutive terms or per scholarship agreement.

If you go on Inactive Status or enroll in a non-UM program (fall or spring), and you are meeting SAP prior to your semester away, your scholarship will be on hold until you return. For non-UM programs, each term is counted as a semester "used" of your scholarship

Students must maintain a minimum cumulative institutional GPA of 2.0. However, if your program requires a higher GPA it could be greater than 2.0.

• 12 credits or more per semester is recommended.
• Must successfully earn 67 percent of the total credit hours attempted during your overall academic career. Rounding does not apply.
• Credits must be required for your primary degree program.
• Undergraduate and graduate credits cannot be combined to meet this standard.
• Funds cannot be used to pay for more than two attempts of any single course.
• Withdrawals, incompletes, audits, NG’s (no grades), and F’s are attempted but not earned hours.
• Transfer and test credits are counted in the calculation, but not in a cumulative GPA.

Your degree must be completed within 150 percent of normal completion as determined by the school or college catalog. A student will fail when the institution is aware that a student cannot complete their program within the 150 percent time frame. For example, a typical bachelor’s degree requires 120 credits, so financial aid can be applied to only 150 percent of 120, or 180 credits. Only those who are determined to not be on track to meet the maximum time frames requirements will immediately lose aid eligibility and not be given a warning term.

Federal and institutional need-based aid recipients will be placed on a “warning status” for one semester following notice of failure to meet SAP requirements. Failure to meet the requirements by the end of the warning period will result in loss of financial aid eligibility

If you go on Inactive Status or enroll in a non-UM program (fall or spring), your loans MAY go into repayment. If you are meeting SAP prior to your semester away from UM, you can receive aid upon return.

• Florida Bright Futures Academic Scholars must maintain a minimum institutional GPA of 3.0 for full renewal and 2.75 for partial renewal (equivalent to Florida Medallion amount).
• Florida Bright Futures Medallion Scholars must maintain a minimum institutional GPA of 2.75.
• Effective Access to Student Education (EASE) and Florida Student Assistance Grant (FSAG) recipients must maintain a minimum cumulative institutional GPA of 2.0.

• At least 24 credit hours each academic year.
• At least 12 credit hours for full-time students enrolled for only one semester.
• Withdrawals, incompletes, audits, and F’s are attempted credits but not considered earned hours.
• For EASE and FSAG students, classes taken in the previous summer may be included in calculating the completed hours.
• Part-time Bright Futures recipients must earn a prorated number of credit hours: 9-11 credits per term equal 9 earned hours per term; 6-8 credits per term equal 6 earned hours per term.

• Bright Futures limits recipients to 120 credits for a four-year undergraduate program; if you are enrolled in an approved five-year undergraduate program, you may apply for an extension with the state of Florida.
• EASE and FSAG recipients are limited to 9 terms; 10 terms if you are enrolled in an approved five-year undergraduate program.

If you go on Inactive Status or enroll in a non-UM program (fall or spring), you can receive aid upon return if meeting SAP prior to semester away from UM and Bright Futures eligibility is not exhausted elsewhere.

Reinstatement of Florida Bright Futures

Recipients of the Florida Bright Futures program who do not receive any scholarships for the period of one academic year may apply for reinstatement of aid through the Florida Department of Education Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) website.

Florida academic award recipients who fail to achieve a 3.0 GPA institutional average, but achieve at least a 2.75 GPA institutional average, will renew at the lower Florida Medallion amount.

Bright Futures–eligible recipients who fail to achieve a minimum 2.75 institutional GPA and become ineligible during their first year of funding may apply for restoration in an academic year after which the 2.75 institutional GPA requirement is met. The 2.75 institutional GPA must be met before the fall term for which the student is applying.

If this is the case, you must complete a Reinstatement/Restoration application available on the Florida Department of Education Office of Student Financial Assistance website.

Students who do not meet the minimum earned hours requirement during any academic renewal period or who fail to meet the minimum institutional GPA requirement after their first year of funding will not be permitted to have a reinstatement opportunity.

Reinstatement of Effective Access to Student Education

Reinstatement of the EASE grant may be obtained after one full academic year of ineligibility by earning a minimum of 24 credits and a minimum institutional GPA of 2.0.

Recipients must maintain a minimum institutional cumulative GPA of 3.0.

Students must complete all credits attempted with a minimum of 12 credits/semester or 24 credits/academic year. All credits must be required for your primary degree program.

A student enrolled in a 4-year undergraduate program is eligible to receive an award for a maximum of 8 semesters (120 credits), while a student enrolled in an approved 5-year program may apply for an extension to be eligible for a maximum of 10 semesters.

To renew your award, you must complete all credits attempted. Students who do not earn the required credits or fail to maintain the minimum GPA will be ineligible to continue receiving this award and will not be granted restoration.

If you go on Inactive Status or enroll in a non-UM program (fall or spring), you must proactively notify the UM State Aid Program coordinator for an eligibility review.

Since all CR/NC courses for which you receive a CR grade will count as earned credits, they will also count toward the 24 academic year credits that are needed for UM Merit award renewal eligibility. Please keep in mind that you must also maintain a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0. 

Since all CR/NC courses for which you receive a CR grade will count as earned credits, they will also count toward the 24 academic year credits that are needed for Florida State and UM Merit award renewal eligibility. Please keep in mind that you must also maintain the appropriate cumulative GPA for your individual awards. 

Since all CR/NC courses for which you receive a CR grade will count as earned credits, they will also count toward the 24 academic year credits that are needed for Florida State and UM Merit award renewal eligibility. Please keep in mind that you must also maintain the appropriate cumulative GPA for your individual awards. 

For need based aid, you must meet the Satisfactory Academic Progress standards that are in compliance with federal regulations (see above). Please keep in mind that the CR/NC courses will count as credits attempted and/or earned for the tracking of your need-based aid eligibility. 

Since all CR/NC courses for which you receive a CR grade will count as earned credits, they will also count toward the 24 academic year credits that are needed for Florida State aid renewal eligibility. Please keep in mind that you must also maintain the appropriate cumulative GPA for your individual awards.

UM Merit/Academic scholarships and Florida Aid allows you to take credits to meet the credit completion and GPA-earned requirements but they must be completed the summer after the academic year. If you have UM and Federal Need-Based Aid or are a Benacquisto recipient, contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance and Employment.

• Bright Futures is available over the summer for credits taken at UM.
• Pell Grants, federal loans, and private educational loans may be available over the summer if you are taking at least six credits.
• All other types of aid do not cover summer courses.

In most cases, yes; with the exception of Benacquisto scholars.

An evaluation may be done prior to the completion of summer term and it is important that students follow appeal instructions if notified of SAP failure.

With the exception of Benacquisto scholars, students may take credits away from UM but only for credit completion, not for the GPA requirement.

• UM Merit/Academic scholarships and need-based aid can earn their financial aid back after one semester of meeting SAP. 
• Florida scholars can earn their financial aid back at the end of the following academic year if meeting SAP.
• Benacquisto scholars cannot earn their financial aid back.