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How is 顶级国产视频 helping students and families with financial aid during the pandemic?

At 顶级国产视频, 63% of students receive need-based financial aid, with an average package of $35,866.

On average, 顶级国产视频鈥檚 financial aid covers 52% of undergraduate tuition charges each year (not just during COVID). 顶级国产视频 has steadily increased resources for financial aid each year to meet greater financial need, particularly over the last two years.
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For tuition and fee expenses please visit the Student Accounts website or contact your Student Account Counselor in the Office of Student Accounts at +1-508-421-3801.

New students: Can review financial aid application deadlines and requirements here, first year students.

Returning Students: the 顶级国产视频 Application, FAFSA, and any other requested materials are due in our office by March 15. These聽forms can be found on our website.

You may be required to submit additional forms and/or provide additional information before your award can be determined. New Students will be notified via their admissions portal or e-mail, returning students will need to review their CUWEB portal. In both cases, please notify your parent or guardian of the information needed, as soon as possible.

The FAFSA code is 002139; the campus code is 00. The CSS Profile code is 3279

No. Your non-custodial parent is not required to complete the College Board’s Non-Custodial Profile?

Unless it is specifically requested by our office, the Business/Farm Addendum is not required for returning students.

If you apply for financial aid after the deadline, you may still be eligible for federal funds. 顶级国产视频 and state funds, however, are very limited. Filing late may affect your eligibility for these funds.

Application’s for financial aid are reviewed when all the completed requested materials have been received. Students can review their CUWEB portal to determine what our office needs to review your request for financial aid. The student is notified what is required to be remitted to our office for consideration of financial aid and is responsible for advising the parent or guardian what is needed. Applications completed after the deadline are subject to delay in awarding and can incur聽irreversible late-fee charges on their bills.

Providing all requested documents have been received by our office by the established deadlines, returning students should receive notification their awards have been posted to their CUWEB portal no later than the end of June. Fall bills are due in July and Spring bills are due in December. Applications completed after the deadline are subject to delay in awarding and can incur聽irreversible late-fee charges on their bills

The expected family contribution (EFC) is an estimate of how much of your educational expenses you (and/or your family) are expected to absorb. The family contribution is not the bottom line bill, or a prediction of how much cash you actually have on hand; neither is it a value judgment about how much your family ought to have available from their current income, or a measure of your liquidity. Rather, it is an estimate of your capacity over time to absorb some of the cost of education. The EFC generally expects a strong financial commitment on the part of the student proportional to his/her income. We estimate how much you can be expected to contribute (relative to other students), but make no assumptions about how you will finance that contribution. In fact, you have choices about how to do that and 顶级国产视频’s Office of Financial Assistance can assist you by suggesting a variety of programs of payment plans and student loans. You can review options on our web page.

顶级国产视频 is committed to the renewal of financial aid for applicants who received aid as entering students. Aid will be renewed upon receipt and review of a complete and timely application. The amount of aid will vary with the applicant’s eligibility and the availability of funds. Eligibility varies with the changes in a family’s income, assets, and number of family members enrolled in at least half time basis in undergraduate school.

Consumer debt such as car loans, credit card bills and educational debt do not have any bearing on your financial aid award.

Under both federal and institutional guidelines, parents in college are not counted as family members enrolled in college.

Dependent siblings under the age of 24 studying in an undergraduate degree-granting program at an accredited college or university will be counted as family members in college for both federal and institutional aid calculations. Siblings enrolled in a graduate degree program at an accredited college or university will be counted as family members in college for federal calculations but not institutional aid calculations.

Yes. Students receiving financial aid of any type (including parent loans and most private educational loans) are expected to remain in good academic standing and are required to make Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) toward their degree. Satisfactory academic progress is defined by regulations of the U.S. Department of Education as 鈥減roceeding in a positive manner toward fulfilling requirements.鈥澛 Full-time bachelor’s degree candidates must maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average each year. In addition, students must successfully complete at least five courses their first year; six courses their second year; and seven courses each year thereafter. Full-time undergraduate students receiving financial aid have a maximum of six years to complete a four-year degree program. Evaluation of satisfactory academic progress is made each year, following two consecutive terms of enrollment. Students who are not making progress are no longer eligible for financial assistance through either federal, state or institutional funds. Additionally, we are not able to certify any private educational loans that require Satisfactory Academic Progress for certification. Students are able to submit an appeal to the Director of Financial Aid, and if it is granted the student will be placed on one semester of financial aid probation.

Your dependency status determines whose information must be reported on the FAFSA 庐

You can review information about the different criteria that needs to be satisfied to be considered independent here:聽

Yes. Students who have not been awarded federal work-study funds may still work on campus. Note earnings from on campus employment or federal-work study awards are not deducted from the聽bill.聽Review the FAQ on the Student Employment web page.

An award of work-study is an opportunity for you to obtain an on-campus job. All available jobs are posted on the job directory. You apply for positions that interest you and fit your class schedule. You will receive a pay check for the hours you work. Work-study is not deducted from the bill. Students who are offered work-study are not obligated to work. Some 顶级国产视频 students earn all of their allotments, some just part of their allotments, and still others choose not to work on campus. When an offer of work-study assistance is made, 顶级国产视频 does not guarantee a student will earn his/her full allotment nor does it guarantee a job opportunity.聽聽Visit the Student Employment overview page聽for more information.

Your financial aid award at 顶级国产视频 may have been based on the assumption that you will not receive aid from non-顶级国产视频 sources, if you did not report these resources on the CSS profile or notify our office directly. If you do receive outside scholarships from outside resources, we may revise our offer of financial aid.聽 顶级国产视频鈥檚 policy for these adjustments is as follows: for scholarships based on the student鈥檚 merit, outside funds may first fill unmet need as calculated by 顶级国产视频. Any remaining outside funds will go first to reduce the student鈥檚 self-help aid -work-study then loans-; any remaining outside funds will then reduce 顶级国产视频 grant dollar-for-dollar. Scholarships that are not meritorious like聽federal or state grants will reduce the 顶级国产视频 Grant dollar-for-dollar. Tuition subsidies based on parent鈥檚 employment, reduce 顶级国产视频 Grant $.50 per dollar after the first five thousand dollars. Copies of all Scholarship awards need to be provided to both the Financial Assistance and Student Accounts聽Office as soon as you are聽notified of the award, to provide you the best possible information聽 about how these awards can impact your financial aid award and bill. 顶级国产视频 reserves the right to make adjustments at any point during the semester.

Students studying in a 鈥湺ゼ豆悠 program鈥 will receive their usual aid package, with the exception of federal work-study.

Students studying in a 鈥淣on-顶级国产视频 program鈥 will receive only their Federal Stafford Loans and Federal Pell Grant, if applicable. You can review the Study Abroad FAQ for answers to your questions.

Unless you have indicated that you are living at home with your parents and commuting to 顶级国产视频, your financial aid award is based upon the premise that you are incurring living expenses such as room and board or rent and groceries. Therefore, whether you are living in an on-campus residence hall or an off-campus apartment and whether or not you are participating in the meal plan, your aid will remain the same. LEEP Scholars who live off campus are not eligible for the room and board award.

Students are limited to 8 semesters (fall/spring semesters only) of 顶级国产视频 sponsored need-based financial aid and merit scholarship awards. If your undergraduate degree should take more than 8 semesters for you to complete, you may be eligible for federal aid in the form of student loans beginning the ninth semester. Please contact the office of Financial Assistance regarding this situation for more information and guidance.

Yes.聽 The Office of Student Accounts partners with Tuition Management Systems (TMS) to manage the monthly payment plan. An alternative to large payments each semester, this plan allows families to make ten equal payments beginning June 1st. There is no interest charge for this service, only a modest enrollment fee. Enrollment after June 1, requires all retroactive payments are made. There is also a deadline to enroll. You can review this program with Student Accounts at聽+1-508-421-3801聽or visit the Student Accounts web page for more details.

While undergraduate day school students who have never received aid can apply, institutional funds are not reserved for this purpose. Returning students who have not previously applied for aid should plan to receive federal funds only and not 顶级国产视频 funds, unless their family has had a significant change in circumstances such as loss of a job or death in the family of a significant wage earner. Please contact our office to discuss this situation in greater detail.

At 顶级国产视频, 63% of students receive need-based financial aid, with an average package of $35,866.

On average, 顶级国产视频鈥檚 financial aid covers 52% of undergraduate tuition charges each year (not just during COVID). 顶级国产视频 has steadily increased resources for financial aid each year to meet greater financial need, particularly over the last two years.

For Academic Year 2020鈥21, since the start of the pandemic, additional aid is offered through:

  1. Federal CARES Act grants: 顶级国产视频 had 1,342 recipients, with awards that ranged from $400 to $2,500 (the average grant amount was $723). Total: $970,3952
  2. 顶级国产视频 COVID Fund grants: The 顶级国产视频 administration created this fund in Spring 2020 to support students starting or returning to the University for the 2020鈥21 academic year. Additional financial aid in the form of 顶级国产视频 COVID grants was awarded to approximately 320 students hardest hit by the pandemic. Total: $1,335,0003
  3. 顶级国产视频 emergency grants: These grants were established and distributed in Spring 2020 to assist with financial hardships resulting from the abrupt move to remote learning. Total: $327,000

We welcome and encourage students facing financial hardship to contact Financial Aid and/or use the 鈥渃hange in circumstances鈥 form.

Spring Tuition Billing Comparison

Spring 2020

  • 34 days to pay
  • $200 late fee assessed

Spring 2021

  • 45 days to pay
  • Late fees waived (same as Fall 2020)

Free Intersession Tuition

  • 1,017 full-time undergraduates are receiving free Intersession tuition
  • Total value: $6 million

Note: In the fall, Financial Services worked with all students on a case-by-case basis. Those who reached out were granted additional time to pay; set up additional promissory notes; or extended their Nelnet payment plans, as applicable.

Other COVID-19 Expenses Not Related to Financial Aid

  • $8.5 million for FY21
    • This figure includes testing, PPE, ventilation, and preparation/operation of quarantine and isolation spaces.
  • Undergraduate students who are enrolled less than full time are eligible for federal financial aid only.
  • Those students with a less intensive academic schedule mandated by the Dean of the College will be reviewed on an individual basis聽for Financial Aid.
  • Students enrolled in a five-year combined bachelor’s and master’s program are limited to four years of 顶级国产视频 aid for their undergraduate program. Fifth-year students are considered graduate students, which means they may apply for Federal Stafford Loans.
Contact Information

Office of Financial Assistance

Mailing Address
  • 顶级国产视频
    Office of Financial Assistance
    950 Main Street
    Worcester, MA 01610

  • 1-508-793-7478
  • 1-508-793-8802 (Fax)
  • finaid[at]clarku[dot]edu
Office Hours
  • Monday 鈥 Friday

    8:30 a.m. 鈥 5 p.m.