Pell Recalculation Policy

How Enrollment Affects Financial Aid

The University of Arizona initially awards financial aid to Undergraduate students based on full-time enrollment assumption for both the fall and spring semesters. Review the table below for enrollment requirements for the different types of financial aid listed.

If you have an award not listed in this table, contact OSFA. The awards listed here are the more common undergraduate financial aid awards.

This does not apply to summer financial aid. Review summer-specific information, on the Summer Financial Aid webpage.

	Full-Time 12+ Units	Three-Quarter Time 9-11 Units	Half-Time 6-8 Units	Less than Half-Time 1-5 Units
Federal Pell Grant TEACH Grant	100% of the scheduled award	75% of the scheduled award	50% of the scheduled award	25% of the scheduled award
A scheduled Pell grant payment is based on the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) as calculated by the FAFSA. You may only be eligible for a partial award if you are close to Pell Grant Lifetime Eligibility Used (Pell LEU). If you drop or withdraw from courses before beginning attendance, you are subject to the below Pell Recalculation Policy.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) University Grant Achievement Award	Up to 100% of the scheduled award	You must be enrolled full-time Award will not be cancelled but will not release to your Bursar account if you are enrolled less than full-time
Federal Work-Study (FWS)	Up to 100% of the scheduled award (less loan fees if applicable)	You must be enrolled at least half-time to be eligible for student employment at the University of Arizona Award will be cancelled if you drop to less than half-time at any point during the semester
Federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans Federal Graduate and Parent PLUS Loans	Up to 100% of the scheduled award (less loan fees if applicable)	You must be enrolled at least half-time Award may be cancelled if you drop to less than half-time at any point during the semester
If you drop or withdraw from all courses and are no longer actively enrolled, you may be subject to the Withdrawal Policy* in which Federal and Institutional financial aid can be reduced or cancelled.

Full-Time

12+ Units

Three-Quarter Time

9-11 Units

Half-Time

6-8 Units

Less than Half-Time

1-5 Units

Federal Pell Grant

TEACH Grant

100% of the scheduled award

75% of the scheduled award

50% of the scheduled award

25% of the scheduled award

A scheduled Pell grant payment is based on the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) as calculated by the FAFSA.

You may only be eligible for a partial award if you are close to Pell Grant Lifetime Eligibility Used (Pell LEU).

If you drop or withdraw from courses before beginning attendance, you are subject to the below Pell Recalculation Policy.

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)

University Grant

Achievement Award

Up to 100% of the scheduled award

You must be enrolled full-time

Award will not be cancelled but will not release to your Bursar account if you are enrolled less than full-time

Federal Work-Study (FWS)

Up to 100% of the scheduled award (less loan fees if applicable)

You must be enrolled at least half-time to be eligible for student employment at the University of Arizona

Award will be cancelled if you drop to less than half-time at any point during the semester

Federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans

Federal Graduate and Parent PLUS Loans

Up to 100% of the scheduled award (less loan fees if applicable)

You must be enrolled at least half-time

Award may be cancelled if you drop to less than half-time at any point during the semester

*If you drop or withdraw from all courses and are no longer actively enrolled, you may be subject to the Withdrawal Policy in which Federal and Institutional financial aid can be reduced or cancelled.

Pell Recalculation Policy

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Pell Recalculation refers to the process in which Pell Grant students with enrollment changes during the semester may have their Pell Grant adjusted to reflect current enrollment.

Your Pell Recalculation Date depends on your individual enrollment. See table below for dates in which Pell may be recalculated.

Fall 2019 Semester
Session	Session Start and End Dates	Pell Recalculation Date (PRD)
Regular 15-Week Session	8/26/2019 - 12/19/2019	09/08/2019* Students will begin to see their adjusted aid on their student account at the end of that same week.
First Five-Week Session	08/26/2019 – 9/27/2019
First Seven-Week Session	08/26/2019 – 10/16/2019
Second Five-Week Session	09/30/2019 – 11/1/2019	11/11/2019* Students will begin to see their adjusted aid on their student account at the end of that same week.
Second Seven-Week Session	10/17/2019 – 12/19/2019
Third Five-Week Session	11/4/2019 – 12/19/2019
Winter Session	12/23/2019 - 1/14/2020	12/23/2019* Students will begin to see their adjusted aid on their student account the week of January 6th.

*Enrollment as end of day on PRD

Spring 2020 Semester
Session	Session Start and End Dates	Pell Recalculation Date (PRD)
Regular 15-Week Session	01/15/2020 - 05/14/2020	01/28/2020* Students will begin to see their adjusted aid on their student account at the end of that same week.
First Five-Week Session	01/15/2020 - 02/19/2020
First Seven-Week Session	01/15/2020 - 03/06/2020
Second Five-Week Session	02/20/2020 - 4/01/2020	04/06/2020* Students will begin to see their adjusted aid on their student account at the end of that same week.
Second Seven-Week Session	03/16/2020 - 05/14/2020
Third Five-Week Session	04/02/2020 - 05/14/2020

Refunds and Financial Aid Recalculations

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If you receive a refund from the University of Arizona and subsequently change your enrollment, you may be required to repay all or a portion of the refund in addition to charges incurred as a result of your change in financial aid eligibility.

Review all tuition and fee refund deadlines here.