Degree-seeking students enrolled full-time or half-time may be eligible for federal assistance. These students will also be eligible to have any of their federal educational loans deferred. The chart below shows, at a minimum, how many quarter hours a student must be enrolled in to be considered full- or half-time.
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Full-time |
Half-time |
Rush Medical College |
MD |
All enrolled students are considered full-time. |
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College of Nursing |
BSN
first two years of ADN-MSN |
12 |
6 |
Remaining years of ADN-MSN* MSN*
Post-Master's Certificate*
DNP
PhD |
9 |
4.5 |
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College of Health Sciences |
Clinical Nutrition |
11 |
5 |
All Other Degree Programs** |
12 |
6 |
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The Graduate College |
PhD in Nursing |
9 |
4.5 |
All Other Degree Programs |
12 |
6 |
* Exceptions:
1) Nurse Anesthesia MSN students enrolled in their 15-month clinical residency will be enrolled for one quarter hour, but will be considered enrolled as full-time students.
2) Students enrolled in NRS 699 or NRS 600PA will be considered full-time.
3) Students enrolled in NRS 600P will be considered half-time.
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