How to use the delayed graduation eligibility calculator
In the US, staying enrolled after your degree requirements are done usually happens for a reason, such as keeping student status for an internship that requires current enrollment, practical training rules for international students, or finishing a minor. It takes more than having the credits: a school that allows it typically sets a minimum enrollment for the extra term and a limit on how many extra terms you may take. This page checks all three conditions at once and shows whether you can defer now, how many terms are left, and what one of those terms would cost.
Requirements count as met when completed credits reach the degree total. Because delaying is for a student who is already finished, missing credits mean you are not deferring but simply continuing. The planned load must reach the minimum enrollment, and the maximum terms minus the terms already used must leave at least one. Cost is the per-credit rate multiplied by the planned load, rounded down to whole dollars.
Minimum enrollment, term limits and per-credit rates differ by institution, so nothing is built in. Flat fees are not included, and the page does not cover how deferring affects financial aid eligibility or health coverage.
Frequently asked questions
Delaying graduation means postponing the degree conferral of a student who has already met every requirement. If credits are still missing you are simply continuing your program, not deferring, so the page reports you are not eligible yet.
Schools that let a finished student postpone degree conferral generally require continued enrollment in at least one course or a set number of credits, and many do not allow it at all. The rule differs by institution, so you enter it and the page compares it with the credits you plan to take.
The per-credit rate is multiplied by the credits you plan to take for one term, and then by the terms you have left to get the full figure. Flat fees and mandatory charges are not included, so a real bill can come out higher.