Access to financial aid and other options for co-terminal students depends on the number of units and quarters as a registered student at Stanford. Co-terminal students have full access to undergraduate sources of financial aid until their twelfth quarter or four years of study. Co-terminal students who have completed 180 units of are eligible for University fellowships and assistantships. However, many federal and private fellowships and assistantships are awarded only to students who have received the bachelor’s degree. Even after the conferral of the bachelor’s degree, there is no guarantee that a co-terminal student will be awarded financial support via a RA-ship, TA-ship or fellowship.

Coterms may choose to obtain their bachelors degree early after completion of requirements. However, all classes after conferral of the degree may only be counted towards the graduate degree. Please note, part of the strategy that allows coterms maximal flexibility in their course of study is their dual status as both undergraduates and graduate students.