Yes! The amount of Federal Pell Grant funds you may receive over your lifetime is limited by federal law to be equivalent of six years of Pell Grant funding. Since the maximum amount of Pell Grant funding you can receive each year is equal to 100%, the six-year equivalent is 600%. Once your LEU equals or exceeds 600%, you will no longer receive Pell Grant funding.

Examples of Annual Percent Used for an Academic Year

Example of Federal Pell Grant Usage: 

For more information on Federal Pell Grant Lifetime Eligibility Used - LEU visit www.studentaid.ed.gov

Yes. As a Cal Grant A or B recipient, you may receive up to the equivalent of four years of full-time grant payments. The duration of your eligibility will be based on your educational level at the time you receive your first Cal Grant payment. Your eligibility will be reduced by each term that you receive payment.

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Get the Facts about Cal Grant: Understanding My Cal Grant Fact Sheet

Lifetime Loan Limits

If the total loan amount you receive over the course of your education reaches the aggregate loan limit, you are not eligible to receive additional loans. However, if you repay some of your loans to bring your outstanding loan debt below the aggregate loan limit, you could then borrow again, up to the amount of your remaining eligibility under the aggregate loan limit.

• Aggregate Loan limits is $31,000 for dependent students and $57,500 for independent students (undergraduates) with no more than $23,000 of this amount may be in subsidized loans.