Incarcerated Students

Albertus Magnus College ensures that no more than 25% of its admitted/enrolled students are incarcerated. An incarcerated student is someone serving a criminal sentence in a federal, state, or local penitentiary, prison, jail, reformatory, work farm, or other similar correctional institution. A student in a less formal arrangement, such as a halfway house, home detention, or who is sentenced to serve only weekends, is not considered to be incarcerated.

Incarcerated students are not eligible to receive Federal Direct Student Loans but are eligible for Federal Work-Study and for the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG). Incarcerated students in a federal or state facility may be eligible for Federal Pell Grants provided they are enrolled in an eligible prison education program. A student may receive a Federal Pell Grant if they are subject to an involuntary civil commitment following incarceration for a sexual offense as determined under the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Albertus Magnus College is not an approved prison education program at this time.

All Albertus Magnus College students are required to disclose their incarceration at the time of acceptance and/or if they become incarcerated while matriculated at the College. Notification should be made to the Office of the Registrar.