Schedule of Payments
Pell Enrollment Intensity
Pell Grant payments will be based on Unit Level
Enrollment intensity is the percentage of full-time enrollment at which a student is enrolled, rounded to the nearest whole percent. For example, if full-time enrollment is 12 credit hours and the student is enrolled in 7 credit hours, the enrollment intensity would be 7 ÷ 12 × 100% = 58.3% (round to 58%).
| Credit Hours | Enrollment Intensity Formula | Enrollment Intensity | Enrollment Status Equivalent |
| 12 (or more) | 12 ÷ 12 = 1.0 | 100% | Full-Time |
| 11 | 11 ÷ 12 = 0.917 | 92% | Three-Quarter Time |
| 10 | 10 ÷ 12 = 0.833 | 83% | Three-Quarter Time |
| 9 | 9 ÷ 12 = 0.75 | 75% | Three-Quarter Time |
| 8 | 8 ÷ 12 = 0.667 | 67% | Half-Time |
| 7 | 7 ÷ 12 = 0.583 | 58% | Half-Time |
| 6 | 6 ÷ 12 = 0.50 | 50% | Half-Time |
| 5 | 5 ÷ 12 = 0.417 | 42% | Less-than-Half-Time |
| 4 | 4 ÷ 12 = 0.333 | 33% | Less-than-Half-Time |
| 3 | 3 ÷ 12 = 0.25 | 25% | Less-than-Half-Time |
| 2 | 2 ÷ 12 = .0167 | 17% | Less-than-Half-Time |
| 1 | 1 ÷ 12 = 0.083 | 8% | Less-than-Half-Time |
Enrollment Status
SEOG, Cal Grant, and other state grants are prorated based on a student’s enrollment status per term.
| Enrollment Status per Term | ||
| Full Time | 12 Units | 100% |
| Three Quarter Time | 9 – 11.99 Units | 75% |
| Half Time | 6 – 8.99 Units | 50% |
Academic Year 2025-2026 Schedule of Payments
| Disbursement | Funds | Portion | Date |
| First Disbursement 4 week classes | Pell | All | June 5, 2025 |
| Supplemental Disbursement | Pell | All | July 3, 2025 |
| Corrections | Pell | All | July 17, 2025 |
| Disbursement | Funds | Portion | Date |
| First Schedule Disbursement | Pell | Half | Aug 28, 2025 |
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | Sep 11, 2025 |
| Cal Grant/SSCG | All | ||
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | Sep 25, 2025 |
| Cal Grant/SSCG | All | ||
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | OCT 9, 2025 |
| Cal Grant/SSCG | All | ||
| Supplemental Disbursement (2nd Half of Pell if 1st Half Received) *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | All* | OCT 30, 2025 |
| SEOG | All | ||
| EOPS | All | ||
| Cal Grant | All | ||
| Corrections *If you did not receive any of the previous disbursements. |
All | All | Nov 20, 2025 |
| Corrections *If you did not receive any of the previous disbursements. |
All | All | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Disbursement | Funds | Portion | Date |
| First Schedule Disbursement | Pell | Half | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive the previous disbursement. |
Pell | Half | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Cal Grant | All | ||
| SSCG | All | ||
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Cal Grant | All | ||
| SSCG | All | ||
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Cal Grant | All | ||
| SSCG | All | ||
| Second Schedule Disbursement |
Pell | All | April 16, 2026 |
| SEOG | All | ||
| EOPS | All | ||
| Cal Grant | All | ||
| SSCG | All | ||
| Corrections *If you did not receive any of the previous disbursements. |
All | All | April 30, 2026 |
| Disbursement | Funds | Portion | Date |
| First Disbursement 4 week classes | Pell | All | May 21, 2026 |
| Supplemental Disbursement | Pell | All | June 11, 2026 |
| Corrections | Pell | All | July 23, 2026 |
Academic Year 2026-2027 Schedule of Payments
| Disbursement | Funds | Portion | Date |
| First Disbursement 4 week classes | Pell | All | May 21, 2026 |
| Supplemental Disbursement | Pell | All | June 11, 2026 |
| Corrections | Pell | All | July 23, 2026 |
| Disbursement | Funds | Portion | Date |
| First Schedule Disbursement | Pell | Half | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Cal Grant/SSCG | All | ||
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Cal Grant/SSCG | All | ||
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | OCT 8, 2026 |
| Cal Grant/SSCG | All | ||
| Supplemental Disbursement (2nd Half of Pell if 1st Half Received) *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | All* | OCT 29, 2026 |
| SEOG | All | ||
| EOPS | All | ||
| Cal Grant | All | ||
| Corrections *If you did not receive any of the previous disbursements. |
All | All | Nov 19, 2026 |
| Corrections *If you did not receive any of the previous disbursements. |
All | All | Dec 10, 2026 |
| Disbursement | Funds | Portion | Date |
| First Schedule Disbursement | Pell | Half | Jan 14, 2027 |
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive the previous disbursement. |
Pell | Half | Jan 28, 2027 |
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | Feb 11, 2027 |
| Cal Grant | All | ||
| SSCG | All | ||
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | Feb 25, 2027 |
| Cal Grant | All | ||
| SSCG | All | ||
| Supplemental Disbursement *If you did not receive either of the previous disbursements. |
Pell | Half | Mar 11, 2027 |
| Cal Grant | All | ||
| SSCG | All | ||
| Second Schedule Disbursement |
Pell | All | April 15, 2027 |
| SEOG | All | ||
| EOPS | All | ||
| Cal Grant | All | ||
| SSCG | All | ||
| Corrections *If you did not receive any of the previous disbursements. |
All | All | April 29, 2027 |
| Disbursement | Funds | Portion | Date |
| First Disbursement 4 week classes | Pell | All | May 20, 2027 |
| Supplemental Disbursement | Pell | All | June 10, 2027 |
| Corrections | Pell | All | July 22, 2027 |
| Important Dates to Remember | |
| April 19, 2026 | Deadline for Spring 2026 Financial Aid Appeals.
Last Day to Submit a Student Loan Application |
| July 15, 2026 | Deadline for Summer 2026 Financial Aid Appeals |
| September 2, 2026 | Second chance postmark deadline for Cal Grants for community college students only. Both the 2026-2027 FAFSA/DreamAct and the GPA Verification Form must be postmarked by this date. |
| October 1, 2026 | 2027-2028 Fafsa/Dream Act Application Opens- Subject to Change |
| November 12, 2026 | Deadline for Fall 2026 Financial Aid Appeals
Last Day to Submit a Fall Only Student Loan Application |
| March 1, 2027 | The Merced College Foundation Scholarship application becomes available online.-Subject to Change |
| March 2, 2027 | FAFSA or CADAA postmark deadline for consideration for Cal Grants-September 2, 2026 for CC |
| April 8, 2027 | Deadline for Spring 2027 Financial Aid Appeals.
Last Day to Submit a Student Loan Application |