Enrollment/Concurrent Enrollment
Your financial aid eligibility may be affected by:
- The number of class hours you take each semester
- Your attendance in class (Verified Participation)
- Whether you are enrolled at another school
Learn more about each below.
Certified Credit Hours
Your financial aid is based on how many credit hours you take.
- Full-time enrollment is 12 credit hours or more.
- Your aid may be adjusted based on your enrollment status.
The total amount shown on your financial aid award letter, or posted in Workday, is based on full-time enrollment. All students’ costs of attendance are based on enrolled credit hours.
Student enrollment statuses will be evaluated and/or adjusted on an individual basis after the financial aid census date or Faculty Verified Participation date. For more information on course certification, please refer to the academic calendar and choose the current calendar year.
Attendance Affects Your Financial Aid
You must actively begin attending class to receive your financial aid.
If you do not begin class participation, or if you drop before the financial aid census date, the amount of your financial aid eligibility may be reduced. If the award has already been paid to you, you will be required to repay any amount that you are not eligible to receive.
Class start dates can be found on the academic calendar, and financial aid certification dates can be found on the disbursement schedule.
If you cannot attend the first day of class, you should contact your instructor.
Note: Until your instructor certifies your attendance in class — known as Faculty Verified Participation — your financial aid award cannot be paid to you.
Concurrent Enrollment Affects Your Financial Aid
You cannot receive a Pell Grant at more than one school concurrently (at the same time).
If you are reported as receiving a Pell Grant at another school, your financial aid awards at Dallas College will be cancelled. To fix this, you must either repay the Pell Grant at the other school or cancel your financial aid awards at Dallas College.
Checking Tuition Payment and Financial Aid Posting
Financial aid awards are applied toward tuition (disbursed) after your instructor confirms you are attending class (the Faculty Verified Participation date).
Tuition and fees will be deducted from your award after your professor has confirmed your participation in each of your classes.
To check if your tuition for the current semester has been paid, log in to Workday. Open the Menu in the top left corner, then select Student Financial – Self Service to view your Account Summary.
Why Your Tuition May Not Be Paid Right Away
Your financial aid will not pay your tuition until you are verified as participating in your classes. However, you will not be dropped from your class for failure to pay tuition if you have an active financial aid award in Workday and are not on financial aid suspension.
This applies even if your tuition due date has passed.
Note: Some classes start later or have flexible schedules. Part of your financial aid award will be held until the instructor verifies your participation in each class.