Students who register for summer courses may be eligible to receive financial aid. Please review the requirements below to determine your eligibility:
- You must file the 2024-25 FAFSA by June 30, 2025.
- You must be enrolled in the minimum required number of credits for the aid received:
- Undergraduate Students
- There is no minimum credit requirement for undergraduate students receiving only a Pell Grant for the summer.
- Half-time enrollment (six or more credits across one or both Summer sessions) is required for federal student loans.
- Graduate students must be enrolled at least half-time (six credits or 24 graduate units) across one or both summer sessions. Audited courses are not included in this calculation.
- If you drop courses at any time during the summer sessions, your aid may be adjusted, and you may receive a bill.
- Students receiving external or departmental scholarships should contact the scholarship administrator or awarding department to confirm minimum enrollment requirements.
- Students enrolled less than half-time during the summer sessions should consider private loans that may be available to them.
- Undergraduate Students
- You must meet satisfactory academic progress
Pell Grant Information
- Pell Grant eligibility for the summer term will automatically be reviewed and determined by our office based on your FAFSA and summer enrollment status information. No additional steps are required.
- Pell Grant eligible students enrolled less than full-time (12 or more credits) across both Summer sessions will receive a pro-rated Summer Pell Grant based on the number of credits enrolled (enrollment intensity). Visit the Enrollment & Keeping Aid page for more information about enrollment intensity.
- If you plan to graduate in August 2025 or December 2025, we recommend that you file the 2025-26 FAFSA if you have not already done so. We may use the 2024-25 or the 2025-26 FAFSA to determine your Pell Grant eligibility for Summer 2025.
Direct Loan Information
- Direct Loan eligibility for the summer term is calculated based on unused loans remaining from the 2024-2025academic year. Please visit our Federal Aid page to review the annual loan limits if you have unused eligibility.
- Undergraduate Students
- Eligible students who have not used all of their annual Direct Loan eligibility and are enrolled for six or more credits for the summer term can request to use their unused Direct Loan funds for the summer term. To do so, please complete the Summer 2025 Federal Direct Loan Request Form.
- For additional funding, parents/guardians can apply for a Parent PLUS loan by completing the online application for the 2024-25 award year and the 6/2025-8/2025 loan period.
- Graduate Students
- Eligible students who have unused annual Direct Loan eligibility and are enrolled for 24 or more graduate units for the summer can request to use their unused Direct Loan and Graduate PLUS loan funds by completing the Summer 2025 Federal Direct Loan Request Form. Once you have accepted your summer GPLUS Loan in your Financial Aid Portal account, a credit check will be completed during the application process.
- Undergraduate Students
Federal Work-Study (FWS)
- Students can apply for an FWS offer for the Summer 2025 term by completing the Summer 2025 Federal Work-Study Application.
- FWS summer aid review will begin by mid-March. Students will receive an email regarding the outcome of their FWS application. Once you've received your work-study offer, and after you have secured an FWS job, please log in to your FinAid account and accept your work-study offer.