Census Date Policy
Census date is defined as the day after the end of the add/drop period each academic quarter. For financial aid purposes, Census Date represents a student’s enrollment level for that particular quarter. In other words, Census Date is an enrollment freeze such that all aid will be based on the number of units enrolled on that date
2023-2024 Census Dates
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| Fall 2023 |
09/15/2023 |
| Winter 2024 |
01/10/2024 |
| Spring 2024 |
04/08/2024 |
| Summer 2024 |
07/08/2024 |
On or after Census Date, students cannot request changes to the Federal Pell Grant, SEOG Grant, institutional aid, nor Cal Grant. As long as all other eligibility requirements are met, changes to Federal Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized, and PLUS loan programs are allowed if a student wishes to decrease or decline loan(s) or increase a loan if the student had previously declined a portion of or all of any one of these loans. Eligibility for federal and state programs may be affected by those who have had FAFSA information or corrections submitted after the Census Date.
If a student drops credits or withdrawals prior to the census date, the student may be required to repay some or all of their aid that was disbursed to them if they do not, at that time, meet the enrollment requirements for the types of aid the student was awarded.
If a student adds credits on or after the census date, the student may or may not be eligible to receive additional financial aid.
The Office of Financial Aid is not able to adjust all types of aid on or after the Census Date but will work with special situations on an individual basis. Students may contact the Office of Financial Aid before adding courses after the Census Date that would affect enrollment level (for example: moving from half to three-quarter time, etc.).