Applicants who do not meet the criteria for Degree Seeking admissions are considered non-high school graduates or non-GED recipients and are not admitted into degree granting programs. Applicants are accepted to CACC as non-degree seeking students when all admission requirements are met.
An applicant who does not meet the requirements to be degree eligible may be admitted on an “ability-to-benefit” status and take courses that do not result in credits toward an associate degree. Non-degree seeking applicants may also enroll in programs comprised exclusively of courses not creditable to an associate degree, provided the applicant is 1) 17 years of age or older and has not been enrolled in secondary education for a least one calendar year, or 2) 17 years of age or older and has written consent from the appropriate secondary school administrator. Applicants admitted under this status will not be considered degree-seeking students, and coursework completed while under this status may not be applied toward a degree from Central Alabama Community College unless the student obtains the credentials to become a degree-seeking student. This change must be completed prior to the term in which the student plans to graduate.
Non-high school graduates or non-GED recipients seeking admission may enroll in degree creditable courses or programs if the degree creditable courses or programs are attached to an eligible career pathway, as defined under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and by the Federal Pell Grant Ability to Benefit criteria which includes Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128), and the Title IV eligible postsecondary program component of an eligible career pathway program, and are dually enrolled in Adult Education.
There are two types of admission status: conditional and unconditional.
- Conditional status:
- Students who have applied but not submitted required documentation shall be admitted as conditional status (excluding transient and international students). Failure to provide all required documentation b the end of the first semester, as determined by local institutional calendars, will prevent a student from future registration and official transcript release.
- Unconditional status:
- Students who have applied and submitted all required documentation shall be admitted unconditionally.
Conditional or unconditional acceptance status does not guarantee that a student will qualify for or be offered financial aid.