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Common Data Set
Common
Data Set Definitions
Degree-seeking
students: Students enrolled in courses for credit
who are recognized by the institution as seeking a degree
or formal award. At the undergraduate level, this
is intended to include students enrolled in vocational or
occupational programs.
First-time
students: A student attending any institution
for the first time at the level enrolled. Includes
students enrolled in the fall term who attended a postsecondary
institution for the first time at the same level in the
prior summer term. Also includes students who entered
with advanced standing (college credit earned before graduation
from high school).
First-time,
first-year (freshman) student: A student
attending any institution for the first time at the undergraduate
level. Includes students enrolled in the fall term
who attended college for the first time in the prior summer
term. Also includes students who entered with advanced
standing (college credits earned before graduation from
high school).
First-year
student: A student who has completed less
than the equivalent of 1 full year of undergraduate work;
that is, less than 30 semester hours (in a 120-hour degree
program) or less than 900 contact hours.
Full-time
student (undergraduate): A student enrolled
for 12 or more semester credits, 12 or more quarter credits,
or 24 or more contact hours a week each term.
Part-time
student (undergraduate): A student enrolled
for fewer than 12 credits per semester or quarter, or fewer
than 24 contact hours a week each term.
Resident
alien or other eligible non-citizen: A person
who is not a citizen or national of the United States and
who has been admitted as a legal immigrant for the purpose
of obtaining permanent resident alien status (and who holds
either an alien registration card [Form I-551 or I-151],
a Temporary Resident Card [Form I-688], or an Arrival-Departure
Record [Form I-94] with a notation that conveys legal immigrant
status, such as Section 207 Refugee, Section 208 Asylee,
Conditional Entrant Parolee or Cuban-Haitian).
Transfer
student: A student enetering the institution
for the first time but known to have previously attended
a postsecondary institution at the same level (e.g., undergraduate).
The student may transfer with or without credit.
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Financial
Aid Definitions
Financial
aid applicant: Any applicant who submits
any one of the institutionally required financial aid application/forms,
such as the FAFSA.
Financial
need: As determined by your institution using
the federal methodology and/or your institution's own standards.
Need-based
aid: College-funded or college-administered
award from institutional, state, federal, or other sources
for which a student must have financial need to qualify.
This includes both institutional and noninstitutional student
aid (grants, jobs, and loans).
Need-based
self-help aid: Loans and jobs from institutional,
state, federal, or other sources for which a student must
demonstrate financial need to qualify.
Work study
and employment: Federal and state work study
aid, and any employment packaged by your institution in
financial aid awards.
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