Financial Aid Information
FAFSA
To be eligible for financial aid, you must file the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), click here for the complete guidelines.
The priority deadline for filing the FAFSA is February 15 every year.
File a 2008-2009 FAFSA for Fall 2008, Spring 2009 or Summer 2009*
Starting January 1, 2009 file your 2009-2010 FAFSA for Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Summer 2010*
A FAFSA needs to be filed for each year. Make sure you are filling out the correct FAFSA for the term you want to receive aid in.
To be able to file your FAFSA online you will need a Personal Identification Number (PIN). Go to www.pin.ed.gov to get your PIN. If you are a dependant student, then one of your parent's will need a PIN also.
WSU Federal School Code :003800
Student Loan Information
General
National Student Data Loan System
Undergraduate Borrowers
- Stafford Loans
- Perkins Loans
- Entrance Counseling for Perkins (mailed to students directly)
- Exit Counseling for Perkins
- The Perkins Loan Promissory note is mailed out to students after they have accepted their Perkins loan.
- Nursing Loan
- Entrance Counseling (mailed to students directly)
- Online Exit Counseling
- The Nursing Loan Promissory note is mailed out to the student after accepting the Nursing Loan.
Graduate Student Borrowers
- Entrance Counseling for the Grad PLUS loan only
- Exit Counseling for the Grad PLUS Loan only
- Combo Entrance Counseling for Stafford and Grad PLUS loans
- Combo Exit Counseling for Stafford and GRAD PLUS loans
Important WSU Financial Aid Forms
Authorization for Direct Deposit
This form will allow the school to deposit any left over financial aid funding directly into your bank account, eliminating waiting in long lines to pick up your Financial Aid check on the first day of classes. This form needs to be submitted at least 10-14 days in advance of the first anticipated deposit.
Authorization to Apply Financial Aid to all charges
This form allows Financial Aid to pay all charges on your account before issuing a check for the amount leftover after tuition is paid. Some examples of charges where this form is needed for Financial Aid to pay directly are: Student Health Insurance, Sports Pass , Chinook, library fines and parking tickets.
*Summer requires an additional form as well as the FAFSA