The Office of Student Financial Aid administers a program designed to help students meet their college expenses. Financial assistance in the form of scholarships, loans, grants, and employment is available to all students who complete the necessary application process and qualify prior to established deadline dates. Students must apply and be accepted for admission to the University before they can receive any type of financial assistance. Eligibility to participate in any of the Federal Student Aid programs at Southern University-Baton Rouge, is based on the student making satisfactory academic progress as defined below.
Students remain ineligible until they are no longer on scholastic probation.
Academic probation status is determined by the Registrar. Students with 60 or more earned hours must have at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average, to be eligible to receive financial aid. Students remain ineligible until they achieve at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average. To be eligible to receive financial aid, students who register for full-time status must earn at least 24 hours of credit for the last two terms of enrollment or must earn at least 12 hours of credit if the student enrolls for only one term, excluding summer. However, any hours earned during the summer, in which progression is calculated, can be used in the 24 or 12 hour calculation.