Enrollment & Academic Decisions
Affecting Your Aid Eligibility

Your financial aid award is an estimate of your federal, state, and institutional eligibility.

Factors which could change, lower, or even eliminate your financial aid eligibility:

• Not attending, dropping, or withdrawing from courses and/or sub-terms you are registered to attend
• Completely withdrawing from the University
• Failing to properly withdraw from the University
• Failing to maintain Financial Aid satisfactory academic progress
• Providing incomplete or inaccurate information during the application process
• Receiving additional sources of aid (such as outside grants or private loans)
• Receiving aid above the amount of tuition (which may lower Liberty University scholarships)
• Changing enrollment level (some scholarships require full-time enrollment; Stafford loans require half-time enrollment)
• Changing grade level or academic programs (For example, some majors are not eligible for the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant)
• Changing between Resident and Liberty University Online student status, and vice versa
• Defaulting on a student loan or having an unresolved federal grant overpayment
• Providing false or misleading information
• Receiving federal aid for the same academic year at another institution
• Repeating a course for which you already received a passing grade more than once
• Awards that cover the majority of direct costs (i.e. DGIA, Continuing Education, Private School Affiliation Scholarships, etc.) do not allow for stacking with other Liberty University aid sources such as the Liberty Champion or Liberty Book Dollars.

Enrolling in Undergraduate and Graduate Courses During the Same Term

Some students mix undergraduate and graduate courses together in one term.  It is important to understand that only the courses in your current degree program will count towards federal aid eligibility - including federal loans.

EXAMPLE: An undergraduate student enrolls for 9 credit hours of undergraduate courses and 3 credit hours of a graduate course in one term.  This student is eligible for federal aid.  However, this student may be surprised that they are not eligible as a full-time student.  Only the 9 undergraduate credit hours apply to their current degree program.  In this case, they will also not be eligible for Liberty institutional aid or even VTAG since both require a minimum of 12 credit hours as an undergraduate student.  Again, the 3 credits of a graduate course are NOT counted toward aid eligibility.

There is one exception.  If a graduate student is required to take a prerequisite course in order to complete a graduate course, the prerequisite course will count in determining aid eligibility.  

Availability of General Equivalency Diploma (GED) Classes and Testing

The Central Virginia Community College provides both classes and testing for a GED diploma.  This location is only minutes from the Liberty University campus.  Students who would like to earn a valid GED are encouraged to explore this option.  Information may be obtained from the CVCC website at: http://www.cv.cc.va.us/ or by clicking here.

Enrollment Levels

To reach certain levels of enrollment, students must be attending a minimum number of credit hours per semester.