Academic Progress Guidelines for Online MBA Financial Aid

Financial aid recipients must be making Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) toward a degree objective in order to be eligible to receive financial aid at Hawai‘i Pacific University. The SAP policy at the University is based on standards established by federal regulations governing student financial aid. These standards are cumulative and include all periods of a student's enrollment, including periods in which the student did not receive financial aid. The cumulative GPA pertains to the cumulative GPA derived from Hawai‘i Pacific University credits only. It is not combined with the cumulative GPA from other schools.

Students are considered to be meeting the SAP standards of Hawai‘i Pacific University if the following requirements (standards) are met:

Qualitative Standard – Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirement.
Graduate students must maintain a GPA of 3.00
Graduate Students (6 + credit hours) 3.00 (Minimum GPA)

In addition, students must complete at least 67% of the credits for which they registered at the beginning of the semester. For instance, if a student registers for 12 credits and drops one class, to 9 credits, during the course of the semester he would complete 75% of the classes for which he registered and would be making satisfactory academic progress. However, if the student registered for 12 credits at the beginning of the semester and dropped two classes, to 6 credits, he would only complete 50% of the classes for which he registered and would not be making satisfactory academic progress.

General Information

Student progress is reviewed every semester/term.
Transfer credit hours are included in determining attempted credit hours earned.
All periods of the student's enrollment are counted. Even periods in which the student did not receive student financial aid funds.
Withdrawals, grades of "Incomplete", courses that are repeated, and noncredit courses (Pass/Fail) are included in determining a student's Satisfactory Academic Progress status.
Students who have completed all the coursework for their degree or certificate but have not yet received the degree or certificate cannot receive further student financial aid for that program.

Additional information regarding Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress is available by clicking here.