Financial Aid Process at PAU
A student must be admitted and accepted into a program before an evaluation of financial aid eligibility will be made. To be evaluated for financial aid, students must complete the following:
- Complete the FAFSA application
- Upon receipt of the FAFSA, the Office of Financial Aid will email the student in follow up, including outlining any documents that are needed. Required documents can be found in the financial aid portal under “my forms to complete” section.
- Once all documents are received and the student’s file is an eligible status, the Office of Financial Aid will package the student and send a Financial Aid Notification (FAN) email containing financial aid offered, estimated cost of attendance, the College Financing Plan, various student disclosures, and instructions for next steps. Packaging is processed in order of students’ completed files.
- Upon receipt of the FAN email, students will then navigate to the student portal to accept/decline/reduce any pending aid and complete any additional documents required.
- Once all the aid offered is accepted (or declined) and all documents are in received status, the anticipated aid will be sent to the student billing account and shown on the student’s billing statement.
- In order for a student’s anticipated aid to reflect on the student billing statement and student billing account, Financial Aid files must be completed by the billing statement available dates listed on the academic calendar or in the “important dates” above.