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An individual may contact the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education for review of a complaint. The bureau may be contacted at 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95833 or http://www.bppe.ca.gov or telephone: (916) 431-6924, fax: (916) 263-1897
Satisfactory Academic Progress
The standards for satisfactory academic progress policy are found within the guidelines set forth in the Federal Student Aid Handbook. Federal regulations require that students maintain satisfactory academic progress in order to continue to receive financial aid. A student must be enrolled as a degree seeking student and must demonstrate satisfactory academic progress each semester. Providence Christian College also requires satisfactory progress for all institutionally controlled financial aid.
A student must earn 126 total credit hours to graduate. The minimum expected standard for full-time is 12 hours per semester; however, the average course load is ordinarily 15-16 credit hours per semester. The maximum time frame allowed is 12 semesters for a traditional full-time student. This applies both to the federal financial aid program and Providence institutional aid in the form of scholarships and grants.
A student must continue to make satisfactory academic progress according to both the qualitative and quantitative standards as described below:
a. Qualitative measure is based on cumulative GPA. To maintain satisfactory academic progress to receive financial aid, a student must maintain the following minimum grade point averages.
Cumulative Hours Attempted
Minimum GPA Required
By the end of each grouping
1.50 2.00 2.00 2.00
Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
0 – 29
30 – 60 61 – 91 92 + units
b. Quantitative measure is based on cumulative hours completed. To maintain satisfactory academic progress, a student must maintain a minimum of 50% successful completion rate for the first two semesters and 67% successful completion rate for each of the following semesters. When calculating a transfer student’s time frame, all credits that are accepted by Providence Christian College are included. For financial aid purposes a final withdrawal or an incomplete is considered as part of the total credits attempted and will affect the completion total.
- Full-time students (at least 21 credits per year) have six years of financial aid eligibility to complete the degree
- Three quarter time students (at least 16 credits per year) have eight years of financial aid eligibility to complete the degree.
- Half-time students (at least 12 credits per year) have 12 years of financial aid eligibility to complete the degree.
c. Students who fall below either the qualitative or quantitative standards will be placed on probation. Providence Christian College calculates satisfactory progress at the end of the
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