Students must complete their academic programs and receive their degrees within a maximum time frame to continue receiving Title IV financial aid. Listed below is the maximum number of credits (including AP, test, non-degree, dual enrollment and transfer credits) a student may attempt toward degree completion. At the point it is determined that students are unable to complete the program within the required maximum time frame, they will receive notification that they are no longer eligible to receive Title IV financial aid. In addition, students who have completed their academic program requirements but have not conferred (taken) a degree will be notified they are ineligible for Title IV aid.
Undergraduate (including double majors) |
180 credits |
Second undergraduate degree |
271 credits |
Health Sciences Professional |
180 credits |
Law |
135 credits |
Dental School |
5 years |
Graduate School of Management |
6 years |
Graduate School - Master’s Degrees |
6 years |
Graduate School - Doctoral Degrees |
8 years |
In addition, the following quantitative standards must be met:
Undergraduate |
Students must earn 67 percent of their cumulative credits attempted |
Graduate School, Graduate School of Management, Law and Health Sciences Professional |
Students must earn 75 percent of their cumulative credits attempted |
Doctor of Dental Surgery |
Students must earn 80 percent of their cumulative credits attempted |
Note: Grades of I, IX, NC, UNC, IP, IW, IE, PI, X, ADW, UY, W, WA, UW and U, unreported grades, grades of F, WF, NP or audit after the add/drop semester deadline are counted as attempted but not earned credits. Repeat courses are only counted once in the cumulative earned. Credits are counted for all terms in which students did not receive aid as well as credits waived under academic amnesty policies. Part-time attendance counts in the max time frame calculation. ESL coursework counts toward attempted and earned credits. Marquette currently does not offer remedial or enrichment courses.
Per Federal Guidance, Section 3509 of the CARES Act, credits attempted but not completed in Spring 2020 were excluded from attempted credits used in the calculation of quantitative progress. Marquette University considered all withdrawals from students enrolled in ground-based instruction in Spring 2020 to have been the result of circumstances related to the COVID-19 national emergency.