AU Financial Aid

Financial Aid for Andrews University students taking Consortium courses:

When registering for Andrews correspondence or Griggs Consortium courses, it is important to speak to an Andrews University Financial Aid Advisor regarding your plans. Your course load determines your Financial Aid eligibility. Andrews correspondence and Griggs Consortium courses may be eligible for Federal financial aid through Andrews University if the following conditions are met:

• The courses are registered by the add/drop date for an Andrews University semester.
• A minimum of 6 credits are registered.
• The courses need to be completed within the semester they are registered or they will affect Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements for completion.
• A student must be admitted to a program that leads to an associate’s, bachelor’s or graduate degree. If the program leads to a certificate or credits are taken for transfer to another university degree, the student is not eligible for aid for that course.

Financial aid from sources other than Andrews University may be applied toward the costs of correspondence courses as long as the student is taking an equivalent number of credits on-campus.

Mixed Load

When a mix of main campus and correspondence or distance courses are registered, financial aid is based on the number of full-priced credits plus a match of correspondence credits with a minimum of 6 total credits and 3 of those being full-priced to qualify for aid.

Andrews Partnership Scholarship only applies to full-priced credits and would be pro-rated according to the number of fullpriced credits registered.

Correspondence Load Only

Federal regulations define correspondence students as half-time only. For Federal PELL grant, 6 credits is half-time, but any load of 6 or more correspondence courses will be considered half-time only and PELL will be pro-rated to half of a full award. PELL grants are not disbursed until 50% of correspondence course lessons are completed.

Federal loans can be applied at half-time enrollment. Federal regulations limit any financial aid to the cost of tuition and fees only for correspondence courses.

Consult Your Financial Advisor

This is a summary of AU financial policies pertaining to open enrollment courses.  For full details, please consult your AU Student Financial Services Advisor before you register.