Dates and Deadlines
The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships provides important dates and deadlines to help students stay on track. Dates are subject to change. Please visit this page often and view the financial aid reminders for the latest information.
Session Dates
| Fall 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Full Session | A Session | 12W Session | B Session |
| Priority Application Date | 6.12.23 | 6.12.23 | 8.14.23 | 8.14.23 |
| Bookstore Charges Start | 8.8.23 | 8.8.23 | 8.8.23 | 8.8.23 |
| Tuition & Fee First Due Date | 8.15.23 | 8.15.23 | 8.15.23 | 10.10.23 |
| Classes Start | 8.21.23 | 8.21.23 | 9.11.23 | 10.16.23 |
| Beginning of Add/Drop | 8.21.23 | 8.21.23 | 9.11.23 | 10.16.23 |
| Tuition & Fees Second Due Date | 8.21.23 | 8.21.23 | 9.5.23 | 10.10.23 |
| Census Date | 8.26.23 | 8.24.23 | 9.15.23 | 10.19.23 |
| End of Add/Drop | 8.25.23 | 8.23.23 | 9.14.23 | 10.18.23 |
| Bookstore Charges End | 8.30.23 | 8.30.23 | 8.30.23 | 10.26.23 |
| Attendance Validation (W4/No Shows) | 8.30.23 | 8.28.23 | 9.19.23 | 10.23.23 |
| Special Run | 9.1.23 | 9.1.23 | 9.22.23 | 10.27.23 |
| Grant Aid Processing Begins | 9.5.23 | 9.5.23 | 9.27.23 | 10.31.23 |
| Loan Processing Begins | 9.6.23 | 9.6.23 | 9.28.23 | 11.1.23 |
| 30 Day hold Loans Processing Begins | 9.20.23 | 9.20.23 | 10.11.23 | 11.15.23 |
| Deferments Due (SF-Student Accounting) | 10.19.23 | 10.19.23 | 10.19.23 | 10.19.23 |
| Last Day to Withdraw | 10.24.23 | 9.22.23 | 11.1.23 | 11.15.23 |
| End of Term | 12.9.23 | 8.13.23 | 12.9.23 | 12.9.23 |
*This date is the earliest projected date that the disbursement process begins if files are complete and awards are posted.
Please check this page regularly for updates, and note the following for more information.
- Academic Calendar
- Census Date: the first date after add/drop for Full and A Sessions. To have courses counted in enrollment status for financial aid calculations, a student must be registered in all courses for the term by the census date.
- This means that to have any 12W or B Session courses counted in a student's financial aid award calculation, they must be included in those registered for during the student's initial enrollment period.
- If a student who enrolls for Full and/or A Session plans to also enroll in a B Session course, he/she must do so by the end of add/drop for Full/A Session.
- If students' initial enrollment for the term is during 12W or B Session add/drop period, then their awards will be calculated based on enrollment at the end of that session's add/drop period.
| Spring 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Full Session | A Session | 12W Session | B Session |
| Priority Application Date | 10.2.23 | 10.2.23 | 1.2.24 | 1.2.24 |
| Bookstore Charges Start | 12.15.23 | 12.15.23 | 12.15.23 | 12.15.23 |
| Tuition & Fee First Due Date | 1.2.24 | 1.2.24 | 1.2.24 | 2.27.24 |
| Classes Start | 1.8.24 | 1.8.24 | 1.29.24 | 3.4.24 |
| Beginning of Add/Drop | 1.8.24 | 1.8.24 | 1.29.24 | 3.4.24 |
| Tuition & Fees Second Due Date | 1.8.24 | 1.8.24 | 1.23.24 | ---- |
| Census Date | 1.13.24 | 1.11.24 | 2.2.24 | 3.7.24 |
| End of Add/Drop | 1.12.24 | 1.10.24 | 2.1.24 | 3.6.24 |
| Bookstore Charges End | 1.18.24 | 1.18.24 | 1.18.24 | 3.13.24 |
| Attendance Validation (W4/No Shows) | 1.18.24 | 1.16.24 | 2.6.24 | 3.11.24 |
| Special Run | 1.19.24 | 1.19.24 | 2.9.24 | 3.15.24 |
| Grant Aid Processing Begins | 1.23.24 | 1.23.24 | 2.13.24 | 3.26.24 |
| Loan Processing Begins | 1.24.24 | 1.24.24 | 2.14.24 | 3.27.24 |
| 30 Day hold Loans Processing Begins | 2.7.24 | 2.7.24 | 2.28.24 | 4.3.24 |
| Deferments Due (SF-Student Accounting) | 3.7.24 | 3.7.24 | 3.7.24 | 3.7.24 |
| Last Day to Withdraw | 3.25.24 | 2.8.24 | 3.26.24 | 4.9.24 |
| End of Term | 4.27.24 | 2.28.24 | 4.27.24 | 4.27.24 |
*This date is the earliest projected date that the disbursement process begins if files are complete and awards are posted.
Please check this page regularly for updates, and note the following for more information.
- Academic Calendar
- Census Date: the first date after add/drop for Full and A Sessions. To have courses counted in enrollment status for financial aid calculations, a student must be registered in all courses for the term by the census date.
- This means that to have any 12W or B Session courses counted in a student's financial aid award calculation, they must be included in those registered for during the student's initial enrollment period.
- If a student who enrolls for Full and/or A Session plans to also enroll in a B Session course, he/she must do so by the end of add/drop for Full/A Session.
- If students' initial enrollment for the term is during 12W or B Session add/drop period, then their awards will be calculated based on enrollment at the end of that session's add/drop period.
| Summer 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Full Session | A Session | 12W Session | B Session |
| Priority Application Date | 3.18.24 | 3.18.24 | n/a | 4.24.24 |
| Bookstore Charges Start | 5.2.24 | 5.2.24 | n/a | 5.2.24 |
| Tuition & Fee First Due Date | 5.7.24 | 5.7.24 | n/a | 6.19.24 |
| Classes Start | 5.13.24 | 5.13.24 | n/a | 6.26.24 |
| Beginning of Add/Drop | 5.13.24 | 5.13.24 | n/a | 6.26.24 |
| Tuition & Fees Second Due Date | 5.13.24 | 5.13.24 | n/a | ----- |
| Census Date | 5.17.24 | 5.16.24 | n/a | 7.2.24 |
| End of Add/Drop | 5.16.24 | 5.15.24 | n/a | 7.1.24 |
| Bookstore Charges End | 5.23.24 | 5.23.24 | n/a | 7.8.24 |
| Attendance Validation (W4/No Shows) | 5.23.24 | 5.22.24 | n/a | 7.5.24 |
| Special Run | 5.24.24 | 5.24.24 | n/a | ----- |
| Grant Aid Processing Begins | 5.28.24 | 5.28.24 | n/a | 7.16.24 |
| Loan Processing Begins | 5.29.24 | 5.29.24 | n/a | 7.17.24 |
| 30 Day hold Loans Processing Begins | 6.12.24 | 6.12.24 | n/a | 7.26.24 |
| Last Day to Accept Loans for Aid Year* | 7.29.24 | 7.29.24 | n/a | 7.29.24 |
| Deferments Due (SF-Student Accounting) | 7.11.24 | 7.11.24 | n/a | 7.11.24 |
| Last Day to Withdraw | 7.8.24 | 6.10.24 | n/a | 7.22.24 |
| End of Term | 8.7.24 | 6.24.24 | n/a | 8.7.24 |
*This date is the earliest projected date that the disbursement process begins if files are complete and awards are posted.
Please check this page regularly for updates, and note the following for more information.
- Academic Calendar
- Census Date: the first date after add/drop for Full and A Sessions. To have courses counted in enrollment status for financial aid calculations, a student must be registered in all courses for the term by the census date.
- This means that to have any 12W or B Session courses counted in a student's financial aid award calculation, they must be included in those registered for during the student's initial enrollment period.
- If a student who enrolls for Full and/or A Session plans to also enroll in a B Session course, he/she must do so by the end of add/drop for Full/A Session.
- If students' initial enrollment for the term is during 12W or B Session add/drop period, then their awards will be calculated based on enrollment at the end of that session's add/drop period.
| Event | Full Session | A Session | 12W Session | B Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2022 | ||||
| Priority Application Date | Mar 14 | Mar 14 | N/A | Apr 18 |
| Bookstore Charges Start | Apr 18 | Apr 18 | N/A | Jun 7 (Vouchers only) |
| Classes Start | May 9 | May 9 | N/A | Jun 22 |
| End of Add/Drop | May 12 | May 11 | N/A | Jun 27 |
| Bookstore Charges End | May 18 | May 18 | N/A | Jun 27 |
| Attendance Validation - W4 | May 18 | May 17 | N/A | Jun 30 |
| Grant Aid Processing Begins | May 24 | May 24 | N/A | July 12 |
| Loan Processing Begins | May 25 | May 25 | N/A | July 13 |
| 30 Day hold Loans Processing Begins | Jun 8 | Jun 8 | N/A | July 13 |
| 2nd half of 1 term loans | Jun 22 | Jun 22 | N/A | July 13 |
| Last Day to Accept Loans | July 5 | May 26 | N/A | July 5 |
| Deferments Due | July 7 | July 7 | N/A | July 7 |
| Last Day to Withdraw | July 5 | Jun 6 | N/A | July 18 |
| End of Term | Aug 3 | Jun 20 | N/A | Aug 3 |
*This date is the earliest projected date that the disbursement process begins if files are complete and awards are posted.
Please check this page regularly for updates, and note the following for more information.
- Academic Calendar
- Census Date: the first date after add/drop for Full and A Sessions. To have courses counted in enrollment status for financial aid calculations, a student must be registered in all courses for the term by the census date.
- This means that to have any 12W or B Session courses counted in a student's financial aid award calculation, they must be included in those registered for during the student's initial enrollment period.
- If a student who enrolls for Full and/or A Session plans to also enroll in a B Session course, he/she must do so by the end of add/drop for Full/A Session.
- If students' initial enrollment for the term is during 12W or B Session add/drop period, then their awards will be calculated based on enrollment at the end of that session's add/drop period.
| Event | Full Session | A Session | 12W Session | B Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2022 | ||||
| Priority Application Date | Sept 30 | Sept 30 | Jan 3 | Jan 3 |
| First day to charge books against financial aid account | Dec 13 | Dec 13 | Dec 13 (Voucher only after 1/19/22) | Feb 24 (manual vouchers only) |
| Classes Begin | Jan 10 | Jan 10 | Jan 31 | Mar 14 |
| End of Add/Drop | Jan 14 | Jan 12 | Feb 3 | Mar 16 |
| Last day to charge books against financial aid account | Jan 19 | Jan 19 | Jan 19 | Mar 21 (manual vouchers only) |
| Attendance validation (faculty verify attendance) | Jan 20 | Jan 18 | Feb 8 | Mar 21 |
| Pell and other grant processing begins | Jan 25 | Jan 25 | Feb 15 | Mar 29 |
| Federal Direct Loan processing begins | Jan 26 | Jan 26 | Feb 16 | Mar 30 |
| First refunds for grants begin* Because of the complexity of the financial aid process, refund dates cannot be guaranteed. | Feb 1 | Feb 1 | Feb 22 | Apr 5 |
| First refunds for loans begin* Because of the complexity of the financial aid process, refund dates cannot be guaranteed. | Feb 2 | Feb 2 | Feb 23 | Apr 6 |
| First-time borrowers loan processing begins | Feb 9 | Feb 9 | Feb 16 | Mar 30 |
| First-time borrowers loan refunds begin* Because of the complexity of the financial aid process, refund dates cannot be guaranteed. | Feb 16 | Feb 16 | Feb 23 | Apr 6 |
| Second half of Direct Loan processing begins | Mar 2 | Mar 2 | Mar 2 | Mar 30 |
| Second refunds for single-term loans begin* Because of the complexity of the financial aid process, refund dates cannot be guaranteed | Mar 9 | Mar 9 | Mar 9 | Apr 6 |
| Last day to accept loans | Mar 18 | Feb 8 | Mar 18 | Mar 18 |
| Payment deferment deadline | Mar 10 | Mar 10 | Mar 10 | Mar 10 |
| Last day to withdraw | Mar 21 | Feb 10 | Mar 29 | Apr 11 |
| Classes end | Apr 30 | Mar 2 | Apr 30 | Apr 30 |
*This date is the earliest projected date that the disbursement process begins if files are complete and awards are posted.
Please check this page regularly for updates, and note the following for more information.
- Academic Calendar
- Census Date: the first date after add/drop for Full and A Sessions. To have courses counted in enrollment status for financial aid calculations, a student must be registered in all courses for the term by the census date.
- This means that to have any 12W or B Session courses counted in a student's financial aid award calculation, they must be included in those registered for during the student's initial enrollment period.
- If a student who enrolls for Full and/or A Session plans to also enroll in a B Session course, he/she must do so by the end of add/drop for Full/A Session.
- If students' initial enrollment for the term is during 12W or B Session add/drop period, then their awards will be calculated based on enrollment at the end of that session's add/drop period.
| Fall 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Full Session | A Session | 12W Session | B Session |
| Priority Application Date | June 14 | June 14 | Aug 16 | Aug 16 |
| Bookstore Charges start | Aug 2 | Aug 2 | Aug 2 (manual vouchers only after Sept 1st) | Sept 29 (manual vouchers only) |
| Classes Start | Aug 23 | Aug 23 | Sept 13 | Oct 18 |
| End of Add/Drop | Aug 27 | Aug 25 | Sept 16 | Oct 20 |
| Bookstore Charges End | Sept 1 | Sept 1 | Sept 1 (manual vouchers only after Sept 1) | Oct 27 (manual vouchers only) |
| Attendance Validation | Sept 1 | Aug 30 | Sept 21 | Oct 25 |
| Pell and other grant processing begins | Sept 8 | Sept 8 | Sept 29 | Nov 2 |
| Federal Direct Loan processing begins | Sept 9 | Sept 9 | Sept 30 | Nov 3 |
| First refunds for grants begin* Because of the complexity of the financial aid process, refund dates cannot be guaranteed. | Sept 15 | Sept 15 | Oct 6 | Nov 9 |
| First refunds for loans begin* Because of the complexity of the financial aid process, refund dates cannot be guaranteed. | Sept 16 | Sept 16 | Oct 7 | Nov 10 |
| First-time borrowers loan processing begins | Sept 22 | Sept 22 | Sept 30 | Nov 3 |
| First-time borrowers loan refunds begin* Because of the complexity of the financial aid process, refund dates cannot be guaranteed. | Sept 29 | Sept 29 | Oct 7 | Nov 10 |
| Second half of Direct Loan processing begins | Oct 20 | Oct 20 | Oct 20 | Nov 3 |
| Second refunds for single-term loans begin* Because of the complexity of the financial aid process, refund dates cannot be guaranteed. | Oct 27 | Oct 27 | Oct 27 | Nov 10 |
| Last day to accept loans | Sept 23 | Sept 23 | Sept 23 | Sept 23 |
| Deferments Due | Oct 21 | Oct 21 | Oct 21 | Oct 21 |
| Last day to withdraw | Oct 25 | Sept 24 | Nov 3 | Nov 17 |
| Classes end | Dec 11 | Oct 15 | Dec 11 | Dec 11 |
*This date is the earliest projected date that the disbursement process begins if files are complete and awards are posted.
Please check this page regularly for updates, and note the following for more information.
- Academic Calendar
- Census Date: the first date after add/drop for Full and A Sessions. To have courses counted in enrollment status for financial aid calculations, a student must be registered in all courses for the term by the census date.
- This means that to have any 12W or B Session courses counted in a student's financial aid award calculation, they must be included in those registered for during the student's initial enrollment period.
- If a student who enrolls for Full and/or A Session plans to also enroll in a B Session course, he/she must do so by the end of add/drop for Full/A Session.
- If students' initial enrollment for the term is during 12W or B Session add/drop period, then their awards will be calculated based on enrollment at the end of that session's add/drop period.
Closed Dates
The Financial Aid Office will be closed (no processing) on the following days:
- Jan 16, 2023: Martin Luther King Day
- March 5 - March 12, 2023: Spring Break
- May 29, 2023: Memorial Day
- July 4, 2023: Independence Day
- Sept 4, 2023: Labor Day
- Nov 22 - Nov 26, 2023: Thanksgiving Holiday
- Dec 21, 2023 - Jan 2, 2024: Winter Break
If you have questions regarding your financial aid, please visit Student Services on any campus to speak to a student success specialist