<p>How long are you eligible for financial aid as an undergraduate?</p>
<p>If I don't complete my program in 4 years, can I still get need based aid to finish my degree?</p>
<p>FAFSA based need based aid can be gotten as long as you have not exceeded the current aggregrate limits. There's a link off the FAFSA.gov site with the limits listed.</p>
<p>Certain majors (usually double majors or dual degrees) can be five year programs; in this case, the scholarship, merit aid, and institutional need based grants will be determined by a specific school's policy.</p>
<p>There is sort of a built-in limit on number of years, because you can't receive aid if you exceed your school's definition of the time it should take you to complete your program (satisfactory academic progress - it's in the school catalog). Different schools do this a bit differently (although all have to operate within federal guidelines) - check with your financial aid office for your school's rules.</p>
<p>I notice that you were asking about pharmacy. PharmD students become eligible for the larger allied health grad Stafford loans once they reach a certain point in their program. At our school it's 90 or more credits - but this is another school-defined rule, so check yours. These loan limits are huge, and the aggregate limits are also very high. The double-edged sword here is that once you hit the grad aid level, you are no longer eligible for Pell or SEOG (not a problem if you weren't receiving it, anyway). Your pharmacy school should be able to give you all this info - at the very least, someone in your school's financial aid office handles pharmacy loans & can tell you what is what.</p>