All students must be making satisfactory academic progress at NJIT to establish and retain eligibility for student financial aid. NJIT monitors satisfactory academic progress once a year, after the spring semester. Your entire academic history is considered, using the following standards:

Quantitative Measure
You must complete a minimum number of credits toward graduation requirements each academic year in which you are enrolled at NJIT. The quantitative measurement for academic progress compares the credits attempted to credits passed. To calculate credits completed, all your courses will be counted. Below is the minimum–academic progress chart that full-time undergraduate students must adhere to:
 

Minimum Academic Progress— Full-time Undergraduate
End of full-time semester	Credits completed
1	12
2	24
3	36
4	48
5	60
6	72
7	84
8	96
9	108
10	120
11	132
12	144
13	156
14	168
15	180

For semesters of less than full-time enrollment, the progression is based on the proportions below applied to the full-time chart:

Progress Proportions for Less Than Full Time
Full time (12+ credits)	1.0 semester
Three-quarter time (9–11 credits)	.75 semester
Half-time (6–8 credits)	.50 semester
Less than half-time (3–5 credits)	.25 semester

The quantitative requirement for graduate students is that you must successfully complete 75 percent of course work attempted.

If you're taking noncredit remedial or bridge courses, you must follow the progression of the quantitative chart indicated above. Even though you do not earn credit toward graduation for remedial or bridge courses, you receive grades for these courses.

Maximum Time Frame for Completion
You are eligible for financial aid for no more than 150 percent of the published length of your academic program, measured in academic semesters.

For example, the published length of a four-year program is eight semesters. As a full-time student, you therefore have a maximum of 12 semesters to complete the program. Undergraduate architecture majors have 15 semesters. When your enrollment exceeds the 150 percent point, you are no longer eligible for financial aid.

Credits transferred to NJIT affect the measurement of quantitative progress and the maximum time frame for completion. For example, if you’re an entering student with 60 transfer credits, you’re placed on the chart as if you attempted five full-time semesters. If you’re a readmitted student, you must meet the same requirements as students who have remained enrolled based on the total number of semesters attended at NJIT.

All credits you attempt count toward the 150 percent requirement, even if you change your major. If you are pursuing two programs simultaneously, the program requiring the most credits to complete will be used to measure the maximum time frame for completion. If you have earned a degree at NJIT and pursue a subsequent degree, only the courses you take toward the subsequent degree will be calculated to measure maximum time frame.

Qualitative Measure
If you're an undergraduate, you must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA after attending two academic years. If you're a graduate student, you must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA after attending one academic year.

Effect of Withdrawals, Incomplete Courses, Repeated Courses on Financial Aid
If you withdraw from a course after the first week of classes during a given semester, the credits are included in the count of courses (W grades); however, if the withdrawal is approved for medical or military reasons, the credits are excluded. An incomplete course counts as credits attempted, but is not included in the GPA and credits completed until the incomplete grade changes to a passing or failing grade. A repeated course is only counted toward progression if it replaces a previous course for which you received no credit.

Procedures for Appealing
If you don't meet the minimum standards for satisfactory academic progress, you are ineligible for federal, state, and institutional financial aid (this includes grants, scholarships, work-study, and loans). But you can request reinstatement of your financial aid eligibility for the summer and academic year by submitting a written appeal to the financial aid appeals committee.

Appeal requests must provide an explanation of the circumstances that contributed to your failure to meet the minimum academic progress standards and a realistic academic plan for improvement. Prior to submitting an appeal, you must also meet with your academic advisor to obtain approval of your academic plans.

If the financial aid appeals committee approves the appeal, your financial aid eligibility is reinstated for the applicable payment periods. You will receive their appeal results in writing. The decision of the committee is final.

You have an opportunity to take summer courses to help make up credits not earned during the academic year or to raise your GPA. Even though summer credits attempted and earned are included in the calculation of satisfactory academic progress (qualitative, quantitative, and maximum–time frame measures), courses taken in the summer are combined with the fall and spring semesters to calculate successful completion.

For example, as a full-time student, after one academic year (fall and spring semesters) and the summer session, you are expected to have successfully completed a minimum of 24 credits.

Deadlines to Appeal
Summer, fall, and spring combined: July 15
Fall and spring combined: September 1
Spring semester only: January 15