Progress-toward-degree requirements are designed to guide student-athletes toward graduation. The standards help student-athletes take the appropriate steps toward earning their degree. Standards include minimum grade-point average, term-by-term and annual credit hour requirements, and percentage-of-degree requirements. Student-athletes who do not meet the requirements are not eligible for competition; however, a progress-toward-degree waiver may be filed to possibly regain eligibility (Academic Waivers). Two-year and four-year transfer student-athletes also are required to meet certain progress-toward-degree benchmarks at the time of transfer. Additionally, transfer student-athletes must have been academically eligible at their previous school to use the one-time transfer exception and be eligible for athletically related financial aid at the school to which they are transferring.
| Progress-Toward-Degree Requirements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Requirements | Prior to the Second Year of Enrollment | Prior to the Third Year of Enrollment | Prior to the Fourth Year of Enrollment | Prior to the Fifth Year of Enrollment |
| Regular Academic Term | 6 semester/6 quarter hours of credit | 6 semester/6 quarter hours of credit | 6 semester/6 quarter hours of credit | 6 semester/6 quarter hours of credit |
| Regular Academic Year | 18 semester/27 quarter hours of credit | 18 semester/27 quarter hours of credit | 18 semester/27 quarter hours of credit | 18 semester/27 quarter hours of credit |
| Degree Credit | Credits accepted toward any degree offered at the institution | Credits used must go toward the designated degree | Credits used must go toward the designated degree | Credits used must go toward the designated degree |
| Annual/Percentage-of-Degree | 24 semester/36 quarter hours of credit | 40-percent of the designated degree must be completed | 60-percent of the designated degree must be completed | 80-percent of the designated degree must be completed |
| Grade-Point Average | 90-percent of the minimum GPA required for graduation (1.8 if a 2.0 is the minimum) | 95-percent of the minimum GPA required for graduation (1.9 if a 2.0 is the minimum) | 100-percent of the minimum GPA required for graduation (2.0 if 2.0 is the minimum) | 100-percent of the minimum GPA required for graduation (2.0 if 2.0 is the minimum) |
| Application of Progress-Toward-Degree Legislation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bylaw | Description | Application |
| 14.4.3.1.3.1 14.4.3.1.4.2 |
Baseball student-athletes who fail to meet the credit hour requirements prior to the fall are ineligible for the remainder of the academic year | All baseball student-athletes |
| 14.4.3.1.6 | Football student-athletes who do not earn 9-semester/8-quarter hours during the fall term and fail to earn the eligibility point may not be eligible to compete during the first four games during the next season | All football student-athletes |
| 14.4.3.1.7 | Credit hours are based on hours earned or accepted for degree credit | All student-athletes |
| 14.5.5.2.10-(c) | Four-year transfer student-athletes must have been academically eligible at the previous institution to use the one-time transfer exception | All four-year transfer student-athletes |
| 14.5.5.4 | Four-year transfer student-athletes must have been academically eligible at the previous institution to receive athletically related financial aid at the certifying institution | All four-year transfer student-athletes |