Enrollment

If you reduce the number of units you are taking, change your enrollment status to part-time with the Office of the University Registrar, or receive a staff fee reduction, you may be required to repay financial aid already received. Full-time enrollment is 12 or more units per quarter. Financial aid cannot be disbursed to students who are on a waiting list for courses/units.

Complete and submit to Financial Aid and Scholarships a Change in Aid form online through MyAwards for any of the following circumstances:

• Change to part-time status: If you are on official part-time status through the Office of the University Registrar the cost of attendance for the quarter will be reduced to reflect part-time fees versus full-time fees, and financial aid will be adjusted accordingly. Please be aware that students must be enrolled in at least 6 units for financial aid (except for Pell Grant) to disburse to a student's account.
• Report returning from Planned Educational Leave Program
• Request additional direct loan
• Request a loan instead of work-study
• Request work-study instead of a loan
• Adjusting summer units. For more information on the impact on summer financial aid, visit Return of Title IV Funds and Refund Policies.

Undergraduate enrollment

To remain eligible to receive your full Cal Grant, Middle Class Scholarship, or MCS, and/or Pell Grant, you must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 units at the census date every quarter. The census date typically occurs on the 25th day of instruction. If you are enrolled in fewer than 12 units on the census date, your Cal Grant, MCS, and/or Pell Grant will be reduced or prorated accordingly after the census date has passed, which may result in a charge on your student account. Please refer to the charts below for the prorated percentages based on enrollment.

Cal Grant and Middle Class Scholarship disbursement

Pell Grant disbursement