Federal Pell Grant recipients who are first-year undergraduate students may be eligible to receive $750 and second-year undergraduate students may be eligible to receive up to $1,300 in an ACG award. 


To be eligible for an ACG each academic year, a student must: 

Be a U.S. citizen

Be Federal Pell Grant eligible

Be enrolled full-time in a degree program

Be enrolled in the first (0-31 credits) or second (32-63 credits) academic year of his or her program of study at a two-year or four-year degree-granting institution

Have completed a rigorous high school program of study  

·         For Rigorous High School Program of Study Questions:  Click Here

If a first-year student, not have been previously enrolled in an undergraduate program

·         For Dual Enrollment Questions:  Click Here

If a second-year student, have at least a cumulative 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the first academic year.

If you currently have a processed FAFSA on file, and you are a Federal Pell Grant recipient, you can select Make Corrections to a Processed FAFSA, select the ACG option, and the system will predetermine if you are eligible to answer the ACG questions.

To determine your eligibility, you need to have completed a FAFSA.  If you have not filed a FAFSA or Renewal FAFSA for the 2008-2009 school year please go to FAFSA on the Web.