2018-2019 Student Handbook
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Financial Aid
Financial Aid Office
The goal of the Financial Aid Office is to remove financial barriers to help students pursue their
calling. Additional information, including tuition and fees, can be found on the financial aid section
of the Denver Seminary website.
Contact Information:
Phone: 303-762-6972, or 800-922-3040 ext. 1232
Email: financialaid@denverseminary.edu
Eligibility
Most students must meet the following criteria to become eligible for financial aid:
Students must be accepted into a degree program pursuing their first degree at Denver
Seminary. Certificate students have limited eligibility for Scholarships. Only Graduate
Certificate students are eligible for federal loans (Certificate of Completion students are not
eligible). Students need to complete the FAFSA (www.fafsa.gov) each academic year.
International students are not eligible to complete a FAFSA and are exempt from this step.
Students need to be enrolled at least half-time each semester. Most, but not all, scholarships
require 9 credit hours. Students will be required to return at least a portion of their award(s)
if any courses required for financial aid eligibility are dropped or not completed with passing
grades.
Loan Enrollment Status Definitions
Program Full-time Half-time
MA and MDiv 6 credits 3 credits
ThM and
Global
6 credits 3 credits
DMin 3 credits 2 credits
Students are required to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), a minimum 2.0
cumulative GPA (2.75 for certain programs) and successful completion of two-thirds of all
attempted courses. Students who do not maintain eligibility may be required to return
federal loan funds that were disbursed and may lose eligibility for all institutional aid.
Students who fail to maintain SAP will have one semester of probation for federal loans while
they attempt to regain SAP, during which they will maintain full eligibility for loans. If SAP is
not regained after the probationary period, all aid eligibility will be lost until SAP is regained.
Eligibility for need-based awards is calculated using the Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
from the FAFSA and the estimated Cost of Attendance budget set by the Financial Aid Office.
