Academic policies

Undergraduate day division

Undergraduate day students can enroll each semester in a minimum of nine (9) credit hours to a maximum of 16 credit hours in any combination of the semester blocks. There is a charge for additional credit hours (overload) at a tuition rate of $1,180 per credit hour. Approval from the Academic Dean is required for more than 18 credits per semester.

Students requesting a special exception to enroll in the day division for less than 12 credit hours must file a part-time approval form with the Financial Aid office. A student enrolling in day terms and online accelerated terms simultaneously will be assessed the full-time day tuition rate if the combination of credit hours adds up to between nine (9) and 16 undergraduate credit hours. Graduate level courses are assessed additional costs and are above the undergraduate costs. Graduate credit hours cannot be combined with the undergraduate hours for billing purposes. The full-time undergraduate tuition rate is$20,600 per semester

Requirements for Financial Aid

Online bachelor’s and graduate division

For online bachelor’s and graduate degrees, a minimum of three (3) credit hours is required in a given term; however, the student must register for two (2) consecutive terms. A student must stay enrolled in at least three (3) credits each consecutive term thereafter to maintain in-school status loan programs. Maintaining in-school status refers to not going into repayment. It does not indicate that a student can be enrolled in three-credit courses and be eligible for a loan. For the Florida aid programs (i.e., Florida Effective Access to Student Education Grant), credit hour requirements are as follows:

Spring I	January–March (eight [8] weeks)	6 credits
Spring II	March–April (eight [8] weeks)	6 credits
Fall I	August–October (eight [8] weeks)	6 credits
Fall II	October–December (eight [8] weeks)	6 credits

Drop/add process/overload charge deadline

Undergraduate day division
Students are permitted to drop/add prior to the beginning of the term without any penalty toward the daytime tuition charge. Once the term has begun, additional fees will be assessed. Changes to tuition charges will be determined by the end of drop/add process by the following dates:

Day students
August 23, 2023
January 10, 2024
May 6, 2024

Students will be billed for credit hours registered as of the above date(s) for the remainder of the semester. Any courses added subsequently will be assessed at the full rate. Drops will not be permitted after these dates for that term; the student may opt to withdraw from the course. In that instance, no credit will be assessed on fees for course withdrawals.

Online bachelor’s and graduate students refund policy

Tuition is fully charged for all courses enrolled on the first day of the term. If the course is subsequently dropped during the drop/add period, the student will be entitled to a 90% credit on tuition for the dropped course. After the drop/add period, all tuition remains as assessed. There will not be any credit assessed on fees for course withdrawals.

Multiple majors and financial aid

Multiple major students must decide on both majors prior to their final year of study and take courses concurrently in order to be eligible for federal financial aid. Students cannot complete their first major and then decide to take the additional 30 credits for a second major and receive federal financial aid.

Remedial courses for undergraduate day division

Students who must take remedial classes may have their financial aid reduced if credit course load toward their degree is less than 12 hours for the semester. Currently, Lynn University does not offer remedial courses.

Repeat Courses effect on Financial Aid

Federal financial aid funds can be paid for only one (1) repetition of a previously passed course. Passing grades are “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” and “P.” A student may repeat a failed course until it is passed and use federal financial aid funds.

Academic transcript and enrollment verification release

Official academic transcripts and enrollment verifications will be delayed for failure to pay tuition, default on an education debt, failure to repay an education grant overpayment, or not completing the federal mandatory loan exit counseling session. Students should contact Financial Aid to resolve their status.

In case of a bankruptcy, a student under an automatic stay will be an exception until the case is closed, dismissed or a discharge is granted or denied.

In the case of withholding status, the university will allow the student to receive a single unofficial copy of the academic transcript. The transcript will be marked “Unofficial.”

In cases of payments from collection agencies or checks, there is a 5-10 business day processing time for financial clearance and release of the official transcript.

Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid – undergraduate day, online bachelor’s and graduate divisions

Financial aid is awarded contingent upon the recipient maintaining satisfactory academic standing and progress (SAP) toward a degree. Students on federal financial aid (Title IV) will be evaluated annually, both qualitatively and quantitatively, at the end of the spring semester for undergraduate day division students and at the end of the spring II term for online bachelor’s and graduate division students. To assess the quality of a student’s work, Lynn University uses the Fixed Standard which indicates that all students must meet their degree grade point average (GPA) requirement at the end of spring/spring II semester(s).

Associate’s/bachelor’s students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0, master’s degree students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and doctoral students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25.

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Students receiving Title IV funding must complete their degrees within a maximum time frame as shown below. The maximum timeframe is 150% of the published length of the program, measured in credit hours:

Associate’s degree (60 credits hours required)

Maximum timeframe: 90 credit hours

Bachelor’s degree (120 credit hours required)

Maximum timeframe: 180 credit hours

Master’s degree (37 credit hours required)

Maximum timeframe: 54 credit hours

Doctoral degree (51 credit hours required)

Maximum timeframe: 76.5 credit hours

Each Title IV recipient must meet a specific measurement of academic progress within the specified time frame as follows:

Associate’s/bachelor’s degree Full-time: 20 credits (annually)

Part-time: 10 credits (annually)

Master’s degree

Full-time: 24 credits (annually)

Part-time: 12 credits (annually)

Doctoral degree

Full-time: 12 credits (annually)

Part-time: 6 credits (annually)

A course that receives a grade of “W” for a course withdrawal, a grade of “I” for an incomplete , a falling grade of a “F,” or an “NP” for Not Pass will be evaluated as a non-completed course. Non-completed courses will jeopardize the student’s ability to be able to meet the Standard of Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid.

In order to improve their knowledge of a subject and cumulative GPA, students may elect to repeat a course in which they have earned a less than satisfactory grade, especially a “D” or an “F.” The higher grade will contribute toward the cumulative GPA. Lynn University does allow repetition of a course in a student’s enrollment status for a term as long as the student has never passed the course. Students can retake a passed course once to improve the initial grade and receive Title IV funds. In situations where the course needed to be repeated is no longer available or offered, a similar course may be substituted with the approval of the dean of the college. A course in which a grade of “F” was earned at Lynn University can be repeated only at Lynn University. The repeated course is only counted once in the SAP calculation.

Transfer courses that are completed at another approved university or program while the student is receiving Title IV aid from Lynn University will be counted towards the student’s completion rate. Transfer courses that were completed at another school prior to the student being enrolled as a matriculating student at Lynn University, and that apply to the student’s current degree program, will be counted towards their overall completion rate. Although credits from other institutions transfer, grades do not. Transfer courses are listed on the transcript with a grade of ‘T,’ ‘CP’ or ‘CC.’ A student’s Lynn grade point average is based solely on courses completed at Lynn University.

A student requesting academic forgiveness at Lynn University due to a change in their major, specialization or minor is allowed to discount up to two (2) courses in the abandoned program, but they are not eligible to change their federal status for meeting the Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid.

Therefore, eligibility for federal student aid must include all courses attempted and taken in evaluating the student’s Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid eligibility.

Courses taken during any of the summer terms are treated as a header to the current academic year and those courses are counted towards a students’ cumulative GPA and degree progression during the SAP review process.

If a student takes courses that count towards their current program during a period of enrollment in which the student did not receive federal student aid, those courses still count in the student’s progress towards degree evaluation.

In summary, all students must meet both criteria; the grade point average requirement and degree time frame completion, in order to continue to receive financial assistance. In essence, at least 67% of the cumulative courses attempted must be completed with a 2.0 or above cumulative GPA for the associate/ bachelor’s program, 3.0 or above cumulative GPA for the master’s program and 3.25 or above cumulative GPA for the doctoral program.

A student who does not meet one or both of the criteria will lose their eligibility for federal student aid for the upcoming academic year (fall & spring), however, the student may appeal these standards if there has been undue hardship (i.e., medical, death, divorce or other special circumstances).

Study abroad

Student receiving financial aid may use some of their aid to offset the cost of the program. There is an institutional scholarship cap of $6,000 per semester. Student must make an appointment with their financial aid counselor to review their financial aid package and discuss how it will be applied to the Lynn-Approved Program. There is a limit on how much institutional scholarship is allowed to be applied towards the student abroad costs.

Summer school awards

There are no institutional scholarship programs available for the summer terms. The four (4) programs available for the summer terms are Federal Direct Loans, the Federal Direct Parent Plus Loan, private loan programs and Florida Bright Futures. The student must be enrolled in at least six (6) credits for the summer. If the maximum loan limit has been used for the year, the student must be intending to return for the fall semester for at least six (6) credits to obtain a loan or the loan will be pro-rated.

Lynn’s Accelerated Degree Program

Students invited to the Accelerated Degree Program must complete the degree in six (6) full-time consecutive semesters, which can include three (3) summer terms. Students cannot exceed 120 attempted credits. The student is responsible for tuition costs on all credits over the 120 maximum. Students are required to electronically accept participation in the "Accelerated Degree Program” with the Academic Advising Center before participation and to ensure accurate billing.

Lynn University’s Accelerated Degree Program provides a way for high achieving students to complete their 120 credit, undergraduate degree in three (3) years. After demonstrating academic excellence in their first year, participating students can take additional classes during the subsequent summer, fall, and spring terms at no additional tuition cost.

First year students who successfully complete at least 16 credits their first semester with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0, with no grades of ‘D’ or ‘F,’ will be conditionally invited into the Accelerated Degree Program. Participants in the program may enroll in additional credits starting with the summer semester of their first year through the end of the summer term in their third consecutive year at Lynn University. There will be no additional tuition charges for overload credit hours as long as all the courses count towards the undergraduate degree, and the student does not exceed 120 attempted credit hours. Any additional credits that exceed the 120 credit hour maximum will be billed at the current overload tuition rate. Graduate level courses which are not applicable to the undergraduate degree program will be billed at the current graduate credit hour rate. The Accelerated Degree Program will not cover dual majors. Change of Major Forgiveness declarations will be counted as part of the accelerated degree credit hours attempted. Academic minors will be considered part of the 120 credits attempted.

Requirements for admission into the Accelerated Degree Program

• Successful completion of at least 16 credits within the first semester at Lynn University, and at least 15 credits the second semester

• Achieve a GPA of at least 3.0 each semester of the first year

• Once in the program, student must maintain a 3.0 GPA or above. No grades of ‘D’ or ‘F’.

• Less than 15 transfer credits; students with IB or AP credits will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

• Student will be enrolled into the Lynn Scholars program and must complete the required Resilience and Coping curriculum badge.