The policy of the Office Student Financial Aid is to offer students receiving stipends and fellowships the maximum amount possible based on regulations.

Undergraduate students receiving stipend amounts and scholarships that are eligible for Pell will be offered the maximum. The federal Pell grant plus scholarship/stipend funds are not to exceed the normal cost of attendance specified by Financial Aid (Pell grant will be stacked on top of stipend/scholarship amount). All other federal and/or state aid in combination with the stipend/scholarship cannot exceed the total cost of attendance.

Graduate students receiving stipends/fellowship/scholarships can receive other federal and state aid in combination with the stipend/fellowship/scholarship provided the total amount offered in federal/state aid and stipend/fellowship/scholarship does not exceed the designated cost of attendance.

The only fund offered in combination with a stipend/fellowship scholarship (that is allowed to exceed the cost of attendance) is the Pell grant. All other federal and state aid in combination with a stipend, fellowship and scholarship may not exceed the normal cost of attendance as specified by Financial Aid.