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Engaged learning and progress towards your degree are part of 51ÂÒÂ×'s yearly objective. The Financial Aid Office would like to take this opportunity to wish you academic success, as well as remind you of a few very important federal regulations.  Click each the following links to learn more:

Standards of Academic Progress (SAP)

• You must achieve satisfactory academic progress (SAP) toward your degree in order to maintain eligibility for most types of financial aid. 
• To maintain SAP, you must meet the following three components: grade point average, completion rate requirement, and maximum time frame for degree completion.   
• Additionally, you must be eligible to continue in your program of study in order to receive financial aid.

Repeated Course Policy

• Federal regulations allow a student to retake a course only once after receiving a passing grade and receive federal finanical aid for that course.
• This rule applies to both Graduate and Undergrade students, regardless of whether or not your program requires a higher grade in order to have been considered to have passed the course.

Return of Title IV Funds Policy (R2T4)

• Did you know that withdrawing from all your courses or failing to earn a passing grade may require the University to return all or a portion of your federal student aid (including loans)? 
• Rules require a 60% completion of the enrolled academic period in order to have earned 100% of your federal student aid.

51ÂÒÂ×'s Financial Aid Code of Conduct

• Click the link above to learn more about the code of conduct for financial aid professionals.

Student Complaint Resolution

• Click the link above to learn more about the University's Student Grievenace Procedure and appealing resolution to the Ohio Department of Education.

• Click the link above to learn more about Cohort Default Rates.  
• Cleveland State's FY 2018 cohort default rate is 5.7% compared to the national average of 7.3%.  These rates were published on September 29, 2021 and can be found at the link above.