Enrollment & Eligible Programs
To receive payment of financial aid awards once they are finalized, you must be registered for sufficient units each semester and attend classes. Some awards require full-time enrollment, others may be pro-rated if you take less than 12 units. For most awards, the minimum number of units required is 6. (For Direct Loans Master’s candidates meet this minimum with 4 units.) If you never begin attendance in your classes or drop units after disbursement during the Add/Drop period, you may be required to repay some or all of the funds that were disbursed to your student account and/or issued to you as a refund. Additional information can be found on the Changes in Enrollment & Award Amount page.
Undergraduates
May be eligible for Pell, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), State University Grant (SUG), Cal Grant, EOP Grant, Federal Work Study, Federal Perkins Loan, Direct Loans, Parent Plus Loan.
Initial Credential
May be eligible for Pell, State University Grant (SUG), Cal Grant TCP, Federal Work Study, Direct Loans, Parent Plus Loan.
Second Credential or Second Bachelor
May be eligible for State University Grant (SUG), Federal Work Study, Perkins Loan, Direct Loans, Parent Plus Loan.
Unclassified Graduates
If you are an unclassified graduate, you are not eligible for aid at SSU unless you can verify that you are taking prerequisites for admittance into a post-baccalaureate program or you are admitted to the Gerontology Certificate Program.
Unclassified Graduates Taking Prerequisites
To verify you are taking prerequisites for admittance into a post-baccalaureate program, submit a letter from the department stating that you are taking pre-requisites, and which courses those are.
Students completing prerequisites for admissions to a Master’s or Credential program are eligible to receive financial aid for one 12-consecutive month period. The 12-consecutive month period begins on the first day of classes for which the student first receives financial aid with the status at any school. Once the 12-consecutive month period has elapsed, students are no longer eligible for further financial aid, unless admitted to a new eligible program.
You cannot be provided with an Award Offer until you demonstrate that you have not already received financial aid with this status at any school during a 12-consecutive month period. To do this, you must sign and submit a Prerequisite Eligibility Certification to our office. The form is available at the Downloadables section of our web site under To Do List Forms. If eligible, your Award Offer will consist of Federal Direct Stafford Loans and possibly State University Grant (SUG).
Unclassified Graduates Admitted to the Gerontology Certificate Program
Students admitted to the Gerontology Certificate Program are only eligible for funding from the State University Grant (SUG) program. This program does not meet the eligible program criteria for federal student aid programs like the Direct Loan program or the Federal Work-Study program.
Masters Students
May be eligible for State University Grant (SUG), Federal Work Study, Perkins Loan, Direct Loans.