### Question
How is the term full-time equivalent students defined?


### Answer
The term **full-time equivalent students** is defined in *20 U.S.C. § 1058* as the following:

> the sum of the number of students enrolled full time at an institution, plus the full-time equivalent of the number of students enrolled part time (determined on the basis of the quotient of the sum of the credit hours of all part-time students divided by 12) at such institution

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 1058*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 28-HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE > SUBCHAPTER III-INSTITUTIONAL AID > Part A-Strengthening Institutions**

