To be considered for federal financial aid (grants, loans and work-study funds), you have to meet certain requirements.
Federal Aid Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria is outlined in detail on Federal Student Aid’s StudentAid.gov. There, you will find more information regarding basic eligibility criteria, ability to benefit and other legal requirements such as citizenship, loan defaults, and more.
Enrollment and Additional Requirements
- You must be enrolled in a qualifying program that leads to an associate degree or an eligible vocational certificate major codes or be in a transfer program that leads to a bachelor's degree at another institution.
- The courses you take must be required for your degree program (courses in program of study for Financial Aid).
- You must be attending a minimum of half-time number of eligible credit hours a semester to be eligible for loans.
- Repeat courses may reduce or eliminate packaged federal funds. Review our full Financial Aid Repeat Coursework Policy.
- You can receive federal funds for up to 30 credit hours of remedial/developmental coursework.
- You must meet satisfactory academic progress standards set by the post-secondary school you are or will be attending.
- If you are transferring to JCCC, refer to the Apply for Financial Aid page and see Transferring to JCCC.
- If you already have a bachelor's degree, you won't be eligible for the Pell Grant, but you may be eligible for other types of federal aid.
- If you are attending two schools at the same time, you can only get financial aid at one school at a time during the same semester. If you plan to attend more than one school, you will need to contact us to discuss the possibility of a consortium agreement.
Authority to Evaluate the Eligibility Process
The Department of Education gives the director of the Financial Aid Office at Johnson County Community College the authority to override this process at any time.