Useful dates & tips
- FAFSA opens on Oct. 1
- The priority date is April 1 for all students
- Update contact info in LOUIE
- Regularly check personal & NAU email
- Check LOUIE To-Do List
Undergraduate and graduate students
Financial aid help for you and your family
Northern Arizona University is committed to helping you and your family through the financial aid process. Information for NAU parents. Bookmark this page for regular updates as you approach New Student Orientation and your first days as a Lumberjack.
Preparing your financial aid
Complete FAFSA Accordion Closed
The NAU Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) priority date is April 1. If you meet this date and certain eligibility requirements, you will be considered for limited grant funding. Awarding begins mid-December, after which point you will receive an award letter in the mail.
Steps to completing the FAFSA:
- Request an FSA ID
- Start the FAFSA online
- Use 2020 tax information 2022-2023 academic years
- Determine your dependency status by watching this video:
These video instructions are located directly above a YouTube video. Hit the DOWN arrow key until you hear the words FLASH START. Once the screen reader is inside the FLASH OBJECT, hit the TAB key about 7 times until you hear PLAY BUTTON a second time. Hit the Spacebar key to play the video. You can then hit the Spacebar key again to pause the video. Feel free to hit TAB and TAB+SHIFT to listen to all the buttons in the FLASH OBJECT. Sometimes the PLAY button and the PAUSE button will be listed as an UNLABELED BUTTON.
- Enter NAU school code: 001082
Understanding your award offer Accordion Closed
- When you receive your award offer each year, read it carefully.
- Your financial aid awards are based on the information provided on the FAFSA and are subject to change should you be selected for verification. This will be noted on the award letter and your To Do List in LOUIE.
- Awards listed are split between fall and spring semesters, to ensure students receive equal amounts each term to pay institutional charges.
- If you are offered a Federal Direct Loan, decide whether you want to accept the full amount or a portion of the offered amount, or decline your loans completely. If accepting, you must take further action to secure these loans.
- Accept or decline each year.
- Complete and Entrance Counseling and Master Promissory Note (MPN).
- If offered the Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS), your parents must take further action to apply for and accept either the full amount or a portion of the offered amount.
Budget Worksheet Accordion Closed
Find out how much you may still owe the university after all scholarships, grants, loans, and personal resources are applied by watching the quick tutorial on completing the budget worksheet and selecting your residency below.
Scholarship information Accordion Closed
- Submit your 6th semester and final HS transcript to Undergraduate Admissions to be considered for Freshman Tuition Scholarships.
- All third-party, private donor scholarship checks should be received by our office no later than Aug. 1 for the fall term and Dec. 1 for the spring term to ensure they are posted to your account prior to fall disbursement.
After the FAFSA: what happens next Accordion Closed
These video instructions are located directly above a YouTube video. Hit the DOWN arrow key until you hear the words FLASH START. Once the screen reader is inside the FLASH OBJECT, hit the TAB key about 7 times until you hear PLAY BUTTON a second time. Hit the Spacebar key to play the video. You can then hit the Spacebar key again to pause the video. Feel free to hit TAB and TAB+SHIFT to listen to all the buttons in the FLASH OBJECT. Sometimes the PLAY button and the PAUSE button will be listed as an UNLABELED BUTTON.