Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)

Federal Regulations require the Financial Aid Office to monitor student progress in school to make sure that they maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). If SAP standards are not met, a student's financial aid award may be affected.

Medical Students

Time Frame/Pace

Maximum time frame is defined as the maximum number of years after first enrollment that a student may complete SOM courses in the full-time pursuit of a degree and receive federal financial aid funding. The maximum time frames for completion of the programs are:

  Program Length Maximum Time Frame to Completion  
Medicine/M.D. 4 years 6 years  
M.D./Ph.D. 9 years 13 years (Joint Program)
M.D./M.B.A. 5 years 6 years* (Dual Program)

*Note: after completion of year one M.B.A. track, student will follow M.D. track for time frame completion.

Graduate Students

Maximum timeframe is the maximum number of years after first enrollment that a student may receive federal financial aid funding for completion of their degree.

Degree

Average Timeframe

Maximum Timeframe

M.S./M.A.

1 year

1.5 years

M.S./M.A.

2 years

3 years

Ph.D.

6 years

9 years *

*Doctoral students who matriculated prior to August, 2019, have a 12-year maximum timeframe.