---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3434.4"
title: "7"
number: "3434.4"
heading: "Eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3434.4"
---

# §3434.4. Eligibility.

- (a) **General.** To be eligible to receive designation as a HSACU, colleges and universities must:
  - (1) Qualify as Hispanic-serving Institutions; and
  - (2) Offer associate, bachelors, or other accredited degree programs in agriculture-related fields pursuant to [§ 3434.5](/cfr/7/3434.5.md).
- (b) **Non-eligibility.** The following colleges and universities are ineligible for HSACU certification:
  - (1) 1862 land-grant institutions, as defined in [section 2](/cfr/7/2.md) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ([7 U.S.C. 7601](/usc/7/7601.md));
  - (2) Institutions that appear in the Lists of Parties Excluded from Federal financial and nonfinancial assistance and benefits programs (Excluded Parties List System);
  - (3) Institutions that are not accredited by a nationally recognized accredited agency or association; and
  - (4) Institutions with Hispanic students receiving less than 15% of the degrees awarded in agriculture-related programs over the two most recent completed academic years.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 3103.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 25040, Apr. 27, 2012, unless otherwise noted.