Limit on Quarters of Eligibility

Undergraduate student limits on the number of quarters that a student is eligible to be considered for financial assistance are as follows:
 

Entering Freshman Students entering college for the first time after graduation from high school with less than 9 transfer units are eligible to be considered for financial assistance for 18 quarters.
Transfer Students Your previous attendance at other post-secondary institutions is considered in determining the number of quarters in which you may be considered for assistance at UCR. The total number of units accepted as transfer by the UCR Admission Office is divided by 12 units. The result is rounded down to the nearest whole number and deducted from 18 quarters. This result is the total number of quarters of eligibility which you have upon entering.
Second Baccalaureate Students Students working towards second undergraduate degrees are eligible to be considered for financial assistance for one or two years (depending on the terms of their admission).



Graduate and Teaching Credential student limits are as follows:

Teaching Credential Program - Students working towards their teaching certification credentials are eligible to be considered for financial assistance for the following number of quarters:

3 Quarters
Multiple Subject Credential, Single Subject Credential and all other programs not specifically listed below

6 Quarters
Learning Handicapped Credential, Severely Handicapped Credential, Multiple Subject Bilingual Credential, Single Subject/Learning Handicapped Credential, and Single Subject/Severely Handicapped Credential

9 Quarters
Multiple Subject Bilingual/Learning Handicapped Credential, Multiple Subject Bilingual/Severely Handicapped Credential, Multiple Subject/Learning Handicapped Credential, Multiple Subject/Severely Handicapped Credential


Master's Degree - Students working towards their master's degrees are eligible to be considered for financial assistance for the following number of quarters:
 
6 Quarters All other majors not specifically listed below
 
7 Quarters Botany, Geography, Geological Science, and Plant Science
 
8 Quarters Management


Medical Program - 4th and 5th year Biomedical Sciences students working towards their medical degrees are eligible to be considered for financial assistance for 6 quarters beginning with admission to the Medical program.


Ph.D. Candidates - Students working towards their doctoral degrees are eligible to be considered for financial assistance for the following number of quarters:
 
15 Quarters Anthropology, Applied Statistics, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Botany, Chemistry, Economics, Education, Environmental Toxicology, Genetics, Mathematics, Political Science, Psychology, Soil Science, Theoretical Physics, and all other majors not specifically listed below
 
17 Quarters Entomology, Geological Science, History, and Population Biology
 
18 Quarters Biology, Comparative Literature, Dance, English, Experimental Physics, Philosophy, Plant Pathology, Sociology, and Spanish