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Student Status


Your student status at Penn State determines a variety of things, including, but not limited to, your eligibility for admission and financial aid, your grade deferral procedures, and your steps for dropping a course. The chart below explains the various student statuses at Penn State and can help you determine where you fit. Contact us with questions about your student status. 
 

If You Are a Student Who …

Your Student Status Is …

has been officially accepted by the Undergraduate Admissions Office into any Penn State adult nontraditional degree program at the bachelor's or associate degree level

Adult Nontraditional Degree

has been officially accepted by the Undergraduate Admissions Office into a Penn State traditional degree program at a Penn State location other than the World Campus

Degree

holds a high school diploma or its equivalent and is seeking to pursue a degree program but does not have the criteria required for admission to Penn State as a degree student

Provisional

has been dropped from degree or provisional status by Penn State because of unsatisfactory scholarship

Nondegree Conditional

is taking courses but has not been formally accepted into a Penn State degree program

Nondegree Regular

has been officially admitted to the Penn State Graduate School and has been accepted by a Penn State academic department into a graduate degree program

Graduate Degree 

holds a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and has been approved by the Penn State Graduate School to take graduate-level courses, but does not plan to pursue a graduate degree

Graduate Nondegree