Maximum Time Frame to Receive a Degree

The maximum time frame standard is in place to ensure that students complete their degree requirements within 150 percent of the minimum graduation requirements.

• Undergraduate Students are allowed 153 attempted credit hours to receive a first undergraduate  degree.
• Masters candidates are allowed to receive aid for a period of four years from their entry into a Masters program.
• Doctoral candidates are allowed to receive aid for a period of seven years from their entry into a doctoral program.
• Doctoral candidates, who enter a program after beginning as a Masters student in that same program, will be allowed to receive financial aid for seven years, measured from the time of entry into the Masters  program.
• University of Utah credits, transfer credits and all test credits are used in determining your total number of completed credits.