{"id":1836,"date":"2015-04-30T09:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T16:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/?page_id=1836"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:18:57","slug":"eligible-academic-majors-for-financial-aid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/eligible-academic-majors-for-financial-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Eligible Academic Majors for Financial Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To receive financial aid, you must declare an eligible program of study with Admissions.&nbsp; You are currently in an ineligible program; a program that has been recently discontinued, or one that requires additional program acceptance criteria you may not have completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/enrollmentservices\/major-change\/\"> <strong>here<\/strong> <\/a>to access information about major changes and catalog rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the Major Plan Change Request link located under your Academics menu on the left-hand side of your <a href=\"https:\/\/my.palomar.edu\/psp\/palc9prd\/?cmd=login&amp;languageCd=ENG&amp;\">MyPalomar<\/a> page to submit your major change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need help selecting&nbsp;a major, we encourage you to meet with an academic counselor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/counseling\/appointments\/\">Academic Counseling Appointments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible programs include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Associates of Arts or Science (AA or AS);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certificates of Achievement requiring at least one (1)\u00a0year of instruction that have been approved by the Department of Education;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transfer programs designated as AS.X, AA.U or an Associate degree in University Studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The full list of Financial Aid eligible majors can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2024\/12\/2025_FA_Elig_Majors_Dec2024.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programs with special admissions requirements<\/strong> (only students accepted by the department are eligible for financial aid):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dental Assisting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nursing Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fire Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic Police Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paramedic Training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>The following majors\/programs are not eligible for federal aid:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All goals of Undecided;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certificate of Proficiency;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certificates of Achievement in University Studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To receive financial aid, you must declare an eligible program of study with Admissions.&nbsp; You are currently in an ineligible program; a program that has been recently discontinued, or one&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/eligible-academic-majors-for-financial-aid\/\">Continue Reading<span> Eligible Academic Majors for Financial Aid<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1836","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3oWhv-tC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1836"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14787,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1836\/revisions\/14787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}