How is it measured?
Here at UTPA, we measure satisfactory academic progress by students passing and completing a percentage of all their attempted hours (67% for undergraduate students and 75% for graduate students). Students can determine their passing percentage rate by dividing the number of hours passed and completed by the number of hours attempted. Attempted Hours include any non-passing grades and all courses that were started but not completed (drop pass, drop fail and incomplete). For example a sophomore that has attempted 60 credit hours and has satisfactorily completed 48 of those credit hours would have completed 80% of attempted credits. Any type of dropped courses (including drop pass), incompletes or failing grades will have a negative impact on a student’s financial aid eligibility.
In addition, students will also have to meet a minimum GPA criteria:
Students with 1 to 29 earned credits – must have a cumulative GPA of 1.70
Students with 30 to 59 earned credits – must have a cumulative GPA of 1.80
Students with 60 to 89 earned credits – must have a cumulative GPA of 2.00
Students with 90 or greater earned credits – must have a cumulative GPA of 2.00
Graduate Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.00.
Maximum Time Frame?
Students are also required by federal regulation to complete their degree in a limited number of credit hours.
Undergraduate students must complete their degree in 180 attempted credit hours.
Students enrolled in a Masters program have a maximum of 63 attempted credit hours in order to complete Master's degree requirements. Students attempting a 2nd Masters degree are allowed 45 attempted credit hours.
Students enrolled in a Doctoral program have a maximum of 99 attempted credit hours in order to complete the Doctoral degree requirements.
NOTICE:
Maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress is extremely important for all UTPA Students. For more information or to find your specific semester requirements, please click on the links above to access our Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy in Full Version.
