Eligibility Standards And Important Policies

• Have a minimum 2.0 GPA.
• Be a degree-seeking student.
  • Both on-campus and off-campus students are eligible for financial aid.
• Be enrolled in courses that are working towards the completion of your current, primary academic plan.
• Have a minimum enrollment status of ¾-time (6-8 credit hours).
  • You must be enrolled full-time (9+ credit hours) to receive 100% of your offered Institutional Scholarship.
  • For advanced degree students, any enrollment is full-time enrollment.
• Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).

• You must be enrolled full-time (9+ credit hours) to receive 100% of the institutional scholarship that you have been offered.
• ¾-time enrollment (6-8 credit hours) will result in your institutional scholarship being reduced by 50%.
• Half-time enrollment or below (1-5 credit hours) is not eligible for Institutional Financial Aid.
• For advanced degrees, failure to enroll in at least 1 credit hour will result in removal of your institutional scholarship.

• The Mercy Scholarship
• Southeastern Women’s Fellowship Scholarship
• Daniel L. Akin Kingdom Diversity Scholarship
• African American & Hispanic Scholarship
• The Returning Journeyman Scholarship
• The Missionary Kid (MK) Scholarship
• Katy Hardy Memorial Scholarship
• Vernie W. Lewis Scholarship
• Binkley-Keesee Scholarship
• Barker Scholarship
• Stouffer Scholarship
• Wallace Scholarship
• Royal Scholarship
• Herring Scholarship
• King’s Daughters Scholarship
• Kester Scholarship
• McGill Scholarship
• Edmonson Scholarship

• Southeastern Women’s Fellowship Scholarship – minimum GPA: 3.0
• Daniel L. Akin Kingdom Diversity Scholarship – minimum GPA: 3.0
• R. B. Brown Scholarship – minimum GPA: 3.0
• Katy Hardy Memorial Scholarship – minimum GPA: 3.0
• Vernie W. Lewis Scholarship – minimum GPA 3.0
• The African American & Hispanic Scholarship – minimum GPA: 2.75
• James R. Dillon Scholarship – minimum GPA: 2.5
• Binkley-Keesee Scholarship – minimum GPA: 2.5

• If you withdraw from courses after the drop date and fall below full-time enrollment (9+ credit hours), then you will have your institutional financial aid reduced by 33% for each course you withdraw from.
• If your enrollment status falls to half-time or below (1-5 credit hours), then you will lose any remaining financial aid.
  • Please note, you will still be charged the total cost of any courses you withdraw from.
• For advanced degrees, if your enrollment status falls below 1 credit hour, then you will lose any remaining financial aid.

• Institutional Scholarships can only be used to cover the costs of…
  • Tuition
  • Academic Fees
    • Student Enrollment Fee
    • Online Course Enrollment Fee
• Institutional Scholarship cannot be used for other fees such as…
  • Housing Fee
  • Meal Plan Fee
  • Late Fees
  • Add/Drop Fee
  • Etc.

• No, you cannot be overfunded by Institutional Scholarships.

• Veterans currently serving, retired, and (honorably, generally, medically, and other than honorably)-discharged are eligible for the Military Discount Rate.
• If you are already receiving the Southern Baptist Rate, then the Military Discount Rate will not be applied because they are the same rate (in this case there is no need to apply for the Military Discount Rate).
• To apply for the Military Discount Rate, please complete and submit the Military Discount Rate Request Form with the appropriate documentation detailed therein.

The following VA benefits are offered to eligible students (visit the websites below to view eligibility standards):

• Chapter 30 Montgomery GI Bill: Current/Former Active Duty
• Chapter 31 Vocational Rehabilitation
• Chapter 33 Post 9/11 GI Bill
• Chapter 35 Survivors/Dependents Educational Assistance
• Chapter 1606 MGI Bill: Selected Reserve

Institutional Tuition Assistance (ITA) is offered in lieu of military TA for students who can demonstrate they are currently eligible for military TA. To demonstrate eligibility, you will need to:

• Complete and submit the ITA Verification Form along with a current LES.
• A current LES must be submitted each semester you would like to receive benefits.

Undergraduate and Graduate students must maintain a cumulative GPA at or above 2.0 to use ITA.

If you receive any other military-affiliated benefit or scholarship (NCTAP, NCCOWV, etc.), please contact the Financial Aid Assistant for Military Affairs at [email protected] to discuss eligibility standards.