USC’s total sets merit at 6, 5, or 4 semesters.
Blank plans 16 units a term, using STARS units earned before Fall 2026.
Blank uses 128, the usual USC bachelor’s total.
Sets the housing and food part of your cost of attendance.
Sets your loan limits and whether parents can borrow Parent PLUS.
Yes means a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen for federal aid.
Attempted units include drops, failures, and transfer credit, and aid stops past 150% of the degree.
Satisfactory Academic Progress covers GPA, completion rate, and the 150% limit.
College before USC, not AP; if no, Pell and loans can be estimated from USC terms.
Results flag this term when the units you have left do not fit.
Pell, Cal Grant, USC grants, and loans end once degree requirements are complete.
Aid for this degree ends after this semester, when USC confers it.
Blank means the minor fits in electives; USC has not said if those units count as full-time.
Once the first major or degree is done, USC treats you as a second-bachelor’s student.
Master’s units before the bachelor’s is done do not count toward the 12 units aid needs.
An RA or TA makes you a graduate student for aid from that semester.
A USC leave ends legacy loan limits, and an approved Title IV leave does not.
Later years use 2026–27 prices plus this percent, because USC has not published them.
Awards you leave off count as none.
Blank counts each fall and spring since your first USC term.
A full-time FAST amount is prorated for part-time terms.
Only scholarships that are not already on your FAST offer.
USC grants past this term need USC’s approval.
No Pell at an SAI of $14,790 or more.
Lifetime Eligibility Used on studentaid.gov, capped at 600%.
From WebGrants, usually capped at 400%.
As offered repeats your 2026–27 loans each year.
New Parent PLUS is $20,000 a year and $65,000 total per student.
Yes keeps legacy limits only if a loan for this degree was also disbursed before July 1, 2026.
A disbursed Direct Loan or Parent PLUS counts, and a canceled loan does not.
Repaid Parent PLUS and loans from other schools count toward $65,000.
A denial raises your loan limit to the independent amount.
USC’s date for when your legacy limits end.
Counts toward the $257,500 cap, including repaid loans and excluding Parent PLUS.
Used for the RAP monthly payment estimate.
Enrollment on June 30, 2026 plus a loan before July 1 keeps old limits for at most three years.
New borrowers lose Grad PLUS and get $20,500 a year toward a $257,500 lifetime cap.
Below full-time, a Direct Loan limit drops in proportion to enrolled units.
There is no Pell when SAI is $14,790 or more.
Loans made after July 1, 2026 use Tiered Standard or RAP.
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