In accordance with federal regulations, the Office of Financial Aid will recalculate Federal and State aid based on the enrollment status as of the semester full-term census date set by the University. The census date is the point at which your enrollment is locked for financial aid purposes, and it typically coincides with the last date you can drop classes for a full tuition refund. Please refer to the Important Dates website for the current semester (full-term) census dates. 

Awards such as the Federal Pell Grant, TEACH Grant, Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (SEOG), Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants, College Affordability Grant, and the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Grant (LEAP) can be affected by the census date.

How does the census date affect eligibility?                          

• If you increase or decrease your enrollment level through the full-term census date, your grant eligibility will be adjusted to ensure that it is the appropriate amount given for your enrollment level.
• If you increase your enrollment level after the census date, your grant eligibility will not be increased. It is very important that students are registered for all their courses by the census date of a given term. Students, who are given permission to add classes after the University census date deadline, will be responsible for any additional tuition charges unless they have federal student loan eligibility.
• If you decrease your enrollment level after the census date, your grant eligibility will generally not be reduced. You will, however, be held accountable for the coursework drop, please refer to Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements. If a student has loans and drops below 6 hours, any future disbursements will be canceled per federal regulations
• If all of your classes begin after the census date, such as the mini-Semester I or mini-Semester II, please be aware that financial aid will not be disbursed until after your courses start. Please refer to important dates for registration and course-start dates.  

Exception: A reduction to your grant award(s) may occur if you withdraw from all your courses or you fail to attend class. Before dropping all courses, please refer to Return of Title IV funds.