How many hours must I be enrolled to be eligible to borrow a Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan?
You must be enrolled for at least half-time each term to be eligible to borrow under the Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan program. Half-time for graduate and professional students at George Mason University is generally defined as 4.5 credit hours. Since “cost-of-attendance” varies with enrollment status, the amount of Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan eligibility will be different if you are enrolled full-time than if you are enrolled part-time.
