Attention PA State Grant Applicants or PHEAA Special Program Recipients
To be eligible to receive a PA State Grant award or a PHEAA Special Program awards, students must be enrolled in majors at least two years in length. If a student is awarded a PA State Grant, and chooses a Certificate Program as a major, he or she will not be eligible to receive PA State Grant awards (Certificate Programs are less than two years in length). Some Special programs are eligible if they are in a certificate program. Please refer to the information on pheaa.org for additional information.
PHEAA requires the College to certify that PA State Grant recipients meet all state eligibility criteria each semester. A student's major, as listed by the Office of Admissions and Records, is used to determine compliance with the state eligibility regulations.
If a PA State Grant is cancelled because the College reported the student's enrollment in a Certificate Program, and the student decides to change his or her major to a two-year program, the student must appeal directly to PHEAA regarding a request for reinstatement of the grant.