How many courses for part time?

[hope22]

Asking for a friend who is considering applying to go part time to avoid paying parent plus loan. How many courses would one take per semester to be considered part time?

[ss20ts]

1-3 courses per semester is part time. 4 courses or more is full time. This is per semester not per session. There are 2 sessions in each semeseter.

[LakeMomNY]

To defer student loans you have to be enrolled a minimum of 1/2 time which is 6 credits (2 courses) per semester.

[hope22]

To defer student loans you have to be enrolled a minimum of 1/2 time which is 6 credits (2 courses) per semester.

I guess it wouldn't make sense to do this at UMPI as it's $1500 per session. There are places in Florida that are online at $250 per course.

[bjcheung77]

To defer student loans you have to be enrolled a minimum of 1/2 time which is 6 credits (2 courses) per semester.

I guess it wouldn't make sense to do this at UMPI as it's $1500 per session. There are places in Florida that are online at $250 per course.

Exactly, you want to take courses at the institution you finish the degree with for residency requirements. Otherwise, taking the cheapest community college credits are your best bet. It might even be better to take community college credits out of state for those institutions that do not have a second fee for out-of-state students, these are graded/RA credits.