Spring 2025 Enrollment Determination Recalculation Date

The Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships will recalculate Federal Pell and Tuition+  for the spring 2025 semester on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. (PST) to finalize student financial aid offers.

After this date, any changes to enrollment (e.g., dropping or adding a class) will not negatively or positively affect your financial aid eligibility. For more information, refer to Enrollment Requirements for Different Types of Aid below.

However, if you drop or withdraw from all of your classes, your financial aid may be impacted.  Financial aid eligibility is reviewed within 30 days from the date of withdrawal. The financial aid funds received were based on the number of credits a student was enrolled in at the time of disbursement. If you drop all of your courses, you may be required to repay all or a portion of your financial aid. 

Please contact the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships through the Rebel Success Hub before making any changes to your enrollment after the Enrollment Determination Recalculation Date.

Enrollment Requirements for Different Types of Aid

Please note that waitlisted courses do not count towards your enrollment status. The following are the most common sources of financial aid that are affected by changes in enrollment:  

Scholarships and Tuition Waivers: Generally Full-Time 100%

  • Pell Grant: Prorated based on enrollment intensity (see chart below)
  • Loans (including Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized, Parent PLUS, Graduate PLUS, Private/Alternative): Half-Time 50% or more 
  • Work-Study: Half-Time 50% or more

Enrollment intensity Breakdown for Pell Grant

The Pell Grant is prorated based on the number of credits enrolled.

Undergraduate Credits Enrolled Enrollment intensity
12 (or more) 100%
11 92%
10 83%
9 75%
8 67%
7 58%
6 50%
5 42%
4 33%
3 25%
2 17%
1 8%

Full-Time Enrollment

  • Undergraduate Students: 12 Credits
  • Graduate Students: 9 Credits
  • Law Students: 12 Credits (4 Credits for Summer Term)
  • Dental Students: 20 Credits

While students can choose to enroll in more than 12 credits per semester, Federal Pell cannot exceed 100% enrollment intensity.

Three-Quarter Time Enrollment

  • Undergraduate Students: 9 to 11 Credits
  • Not applicable for graduate, law, or dental students

Half-Time Enrollment

  • Undergraduate Students: 6 to 8 Credits
  • Graduate Students: 5 to 8 Credits
  • Law Students: 5 Credits
  • Not applicable for dental students

Less than Half-Time Enrollment

  • Undergraduate Students: 1 to 5 Credits
  • Graduate Students: 1 to 4 Credits

Summer Term Enrollment Determination Recalculation Date

Students attending Summer Term classes will have until the last day to add/drop classes for Summer Term Session 3 to adjust class schedules. After this term has ended, your financial aid will be based on your credit hours of enrollment for the entire summer term.

If you have already received a financial aid refund during the summer term and your credit hours of enrollment change after the financial aid refund is sent out, you may owe money back to UNLV when your financial aid eligibility for summer term is recalculated.