Policies & Eligibility

Make sure you know what it takes to be an eligible student at Calvin University and what our policies are with regards to financial aid.

• Student rights and responsibilities: Understand your rights and responsibilities as they relate to applying for and receiving financial aid from Calvin University.
• Availability of employees for information dissemination purposes: Calvin University is required to designate an employee or group of employees to assist enrolled or prospective students in obtaining certain types of information (contained herein).
• Awarding policies: Policies that determine how much aid in various financial aid programs can be offered to students.
• Conflict of Interest/Code of Conduct: Disclosure information the university is required to provide regarding financial aid professionals.
• Consumer information: Disclosure information the university is required to provide to students and families.
• Title IV Credit balance refunds: US Department of Education stipulations on Title IV credit balances and refunds.
• Eligibility for Financial Aid: How Calvin determines your financial aid package.
• Enrollment requirements: How the number of credit hours you take affects your financial aid.
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA): Understand our FERPA policy and how it affects student privacy.
• Satisfactory academic progress: Academic progress requirements that all students must meet in order to qualify for financial aid.
• Special circumstances: Calvin is committed to partnering with your family to listen carefully and understand your true financial situation. Our Calvin Special Circumstances form is one way to communicate a more accurate financial picture.
• Students receiving military benefits: Stipulations regarding fines, penalties, late fees, and denial of services for students receiving military benefits.
• Verification: A federally-regulated process to verify that accurate information is provided on the FAFSA.
• Withdrawing from Calvin: How discontinuing enrollment at Calvin affects your financial aid.