Acronyms
CIP codes are ways to categorize educational programs. CIP code is reported in enrollment reporting, our loan records, and IPEDs. CIP codes are listed on our ECAR for our GE programs as well. Also, for visas/international students, STEM designation is important.
What is Classification of Instructional Program?
The new annual Parent PLUS loan limit.
What is $20,000?
The lifetime maximum loan limit for new borrowers.
What is $257,500?
Assuming all standard eligibility requirements have been met, this is the total annual loan amount (combined Sub and Unsub) a first-year undergraduate student enrolled in 18 credits can receive.
What is $4,125?
Maximum Federal Pell Grant amount
What is $7,395?
This was the name for the negotiated rulemaking committee that focused on loan changes.
What is Reimagining and Improving Student Education?
The new aggregate Parent PLUS loan limit.
What is $65,000?
For a legacy borrower, the independent, undergraduate aggregate loan limit.
What is $57,500?
Name that disbursement regulation that no longer applies for students subject to the lower loan limits because of the loan reduction/proration schedule.
What is “Substantially equal disbursements”?
Maximum Federal Pell Grant SAI
What is $14,790?
This is a way to categorize jobs, and there is a CIP code and SOC crosswalk.
What is Standard Occupational Classification?
The annual loan limit for graduate students.
What is $20,500?
The aggregate loan limit for a legacy School of Medicine borrower.
What is $224,000?
A senior eligible for $7,500 Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan receives their fall disbursement of $3,750 as they are enrolled in 15 credits at time of disbursement. In the spring, they are only enrolled in 9 credits at time of disbursement. They receive this amount for their gross Spring loan disbursement.
What is $3,750?
Maximum SAI for Roberta B Willis Grant
What is $14,790?
This is the new accountability metric system, essentially replacing GE/FVT
What is Student Tuition and Transparency System?
The new annual loan limit for students meeting the professional designation.
What is $50,000?
The aggregate loan limit for a non-legacy School of Dental Medicine borrower.
What is $200,000?
A Master of Dental Science student has a full-time enrollment status for Fall 2026 in the form of a 0-credit course at time of disbursement. They previously accepted their initial offer of a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan for the year of $20,500. Their Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan is adjusted to this for the year.
What is a $10,250 Spring only loan?
Maximum SAI for Roberta B Willis Scholarship Grant, as we know today.
What is $10,999?
Loans discharged through this are excluded from program median earnings calculation as part of the STATS/Earnings Accountability metrics. Loans discharged will also count toward certain loan limits.
What is Total and Permanent Disability?
A legacy borrower is one who is enrolled in the same program of study at the institution as of 6/30/26, received a Direct Loan disbursement for the same program of study before 7/1/26, hasn’t ceased enrollment in such program since 7/1/26, and meets this remaining requirement.
What is within their expected time to credential?
UConn’s current programs that meet the professional designation for higher loan limits.
What is DM, DMD, PharmD, and JD?
A sophomore student receives their full-time loan amount for Fall 2026, $3,250. They officially withdraw from the University in the Fall, and plan to return in Spring 2027 full-time. This is their loan eligibility for Spring 2027.
What is $0?
This new transparency initiative, launched December 7, 2025, provides first-year undergraduate students additional information on their FAFSA Submission Summary based on schools they list on their FAFSA.
What is the low earnings indicator?