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Overview of the Financial Aid Process

The information below is to provide you with a quick overview on how financial aid is processed at our office. If you have any questions or feedback, please contact our office at (909) 469-5353 or via email at finaid@westernu.edu.

We look forward to assisting you!

Applying for Aid – The Process

  • Step 1: Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
    • Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
    • The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is open for submission annually each October 1st.聽 The income used on the FAFSA will be from two years prior to the application year, referred to as 鈥Prior-Prior Year鈥 (PPY). Eligible students may use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool to import their tax information.
    • Create a Federal Student Aid (FSA) ID
    • This FSA ID is used to sign your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online.
    • If you have an existing FSA ID, you are not required to create another one.
    • 国产黑料 of Health Sciences (国产黑料U) school code is 024827
  • Step 2: 聽Review Student Budget/Cost of Attendance
  • Step 3: Requirements
    • After you are admitted to 国产黑料U, an email from our office will be sent to your 国产黑料U email account. The email will instruct you to login to your 国产黑料U YOU Portal to review the list of requirements that need to be completed prior to disbursement of loan funds.
  • Step 4: 聽聽Financial Aid Offer of Award

    Financial Aid Offer of Award

    • An email from our office will be sent to your 国产黑料U email account with instructions on where to accept/decline your financial aid offer.
    • Packaging and Offer of Award Policy
      • Students at 国产黑料U are packaged and offered an award as independent graduate students.聽 There are no Grants available to graduate students.聽 Resources such as gift aid, scholarships, Military and the National Health Service Corps will be taken into consideration first when packaging and awarding students. All eligible students are then awarded聽 the Federal聽 unsubsidized loan and the balance in the Federal Grad PLUS loan to meet the maximum of their budget.

    Students are awarded the maximum allowable in the Federal Direct Loan program鈥檚 as per their program and the Department of Education.

  • Step 5:聽 聽Disbursements

    Disbursements

    • Disbursement schedules are based on the student鈥檚 program of enrollment, terms (fall and spring or fall, spring, and summer terms).
    • The financial aid amount you鈥檝e accepted will be disbursed to your Student Account, less tuition and fees. Loan funds will first be used to pay for your tuition and fees and then the remainder amount will be deposited to your checking/banking account.
    • To view your disbursement schedule, please Login to your 国产黑料U YOU Portal.
  • Step 6:聽 Meet with a Financial Aid Counselor

    Meet with a Financial Aid Counselor

    • All incoming students will receive an email shortly after school has started with instructions to schedule their mandatory New Student Interview (NSI)聽 as group meeting (via Teams). This is a mandatory requirement.
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