3+1 Financial Aid Policy

Overview

Some undergraduate students may choose to pursue a 3+1 bachelor’s/master’s degree at The College of Idaho. In their fourth year of study, students in such identified programs will receive their institutional financial aid package, and may receive some or all of their federal and/or state financial aid as long as they are meeting the requirements to receive such aid. (Please see the distinction between undergraduate and graduate terms listed below.) Please note that during the summer after completing their undergraduate degree, students in 3+1 programs are only eligible for graduate-level federal and/or state financial aid and will no longer receive the institutional financial aid they were awarded as an undergraduate.

Undergraduate Semesters

During their undergraduate semesters, students enrolled in 3+1 programs are eligible for federal, state, and institutional undergraduate aid, including:

• Federal Pell Grant* (if eligible)
• Federal Supplemental Opportunity Grant*
• Federal Work-Study*
• Idaho Work-Study* (if eligible)
• Federal Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized Loans* (undergraduate limits)
• State grants and scholarships
• Institutional scholarships

Graduate-level courses taken by undergraduate students during this period may be used to calculate full-time enrollment only if the classes also apply to undergraduate degree requirements.

*FAFSA Required

Graduate Terms/Semesters

During their graduate semesters/terms, students enrolled in 3+1 programs are eligible for graduate-level financial aid only, including:

• Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan* (graduate annual limit up to $20,500)
• Federal Work-Study*
• Graduate PLUS Loan*
• Institutional aid for graduate programs (if available)

Students are not eligible for:

• Pell Grant
• Federal Supplemental Opportunity Grant
• Federal Direct Subsidized Loans
• Undergraduate scholarships

*FAFSA Required