Full & Half Time Status
Definitions
Full-time (FT) student status, fall and spring semesters
Note: Courses taken as audit do not count towards full-time student status.
Graduates: 9 credits per semester
Graduate students on assistantships are verified as full-time when enrolled in 1.0 or more credits (fall, spring, or summer), providing the assistantship is coded on the student's record in the Graduate College.
Undergraduates: 12 credits per semester
Three-quarters student status, fall and spring semesters
Graduates: 7 credits
Undergraduates: 9 credits
Half-time (HT) student status, fall and spring semesters
Graduates: 5 credits per semester
Undergraduates: 6 credits per semester
Summer status: Status during the summer for both graduate and undergraduate students depends on the number of weeks a student is enrolled. See chart below. If you have questions, please contact the Office of the Registrar verification area at 515-294-1840.
For questions regarding financial aid and summer enrollment, see http://www.financialaid.iastate.edu/.
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Undergrad
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Grad
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Days
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<HT
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HT
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FT
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<HT
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HT
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FT
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Up to 9 weeks
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0-61
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0-2
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2.5-5
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5.5 or higher
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0-2
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2.5-4
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4.5 or higher
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10-11.5 weeks
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62-80
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0-3
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3.5-8
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8.5 or higher
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0-2
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2.5-5
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5.5 or higher
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12 weeks or more
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81 or higher
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0-4
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4.5-8
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8.5 or higher
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0-3
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3.5-6
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6.5 or higher
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Graduate students not on assistantship, who meet certain conditions, may be verified as either a full-time or half-time student for loan deferment purposes. To qualify, a graduate student must be accepted into a degree program, registered for course credit and get approval from the Graduate College which allows verification as either full-time or half-time. Contact the Graduate College at 515-294-4531 or by email for the specific qualifications and the form Verification as a Half-time or Full-time Student for Loan Deferment to request this approval.
Enrollment Verification Certificates: ISU students can obtain an official printed enrollment verification at no cost, by accessing the National Students Clearinghouse via AccessPlus. The enrollment verification can be presented to health insurance agencies, housing authorities, consumer product companies, banks, etc. as required to provide official evidence of enrollment at Iowa State University. To obtain your verification, select "Enrollment cert" on the AccessPlus student menu.