Financial Aid

FAFSA on the Web

The U.S. Department of Education offers a Web version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). To use this service, please take note of the following.

1. If you and/or your parents do not have a PIN number, you may want to request a PIN prior to completing the FAFSA on the Web. You and/or your parent can apply for a PIN by going to http://www.pin.ed.gov/  The PIN number can serve as an electronic signature for both you and your parents. You and your parent(s) must each have a separate PIN. Once you receive your PIN number, be sure to keep it in a secure location because you will use this number to communicate with the Department of Education in the future.*
2. Before completing FAFSA on the Web for 2008-2009, make sure you have the following items:
   • Your Social Security Number.
   • Your driver's license number, if you have one.
   • W-2 Forms or other records of income earned in 2007.
   • Your (and your spouse's, if you are married) 2007 Federal Income Tax Return.
   • Your Parent's (if you are dependent) 2007 Federal Income Tax Return.
   • Records of other untaxed income received in 2007, such as Social Security, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), welfare, or veterans benefits.
   • Current bank statements and mortgage information.
   • Business or farm records, if you or your parents own a business or farm.
   • Records of stocks, bonds, and other investments
   • Your alien registration card (if you are not a US citizen)
   • If you are a dependent student, you will also need:  1) Your parents' Social Security Number(s) and 2) Your parents' income and financial records (as listed above).
3. If you do not have a PIN number, you will be required to submit signatures for you and your parents (if you are a dependent student) following completion of FAFSA on the Web.

4. If you are a dependent student, your parents can also electronically sign your FAFSA with their own PINs. 

*To enhance the security of your US Department of Education PIN and your personal information on the Web, there are two significant changes to the PIN process that you should be aware of:

• If you already have a PIN, the first time you attempt to use it on or after December 26, 2004, you will be prompted to agree to a PIN Terms & Conditions Activation Agreement, which asks you not to share your PIN with anyone and to keep it in a safe place, and to select and answer a challenge question. Only you will know the answer to your challenge question, and it may be used to validate your identity in the future.
• If you apply for a PIN on or after December 26, 2004, you will be required to agree to the terms & conditions and provide a challenge question & response before your PIN will be issued.

• Sign your FAFSA electronically.
• Review and, if necessary, correct answers on your processed FAFSA.
• Sign loan promissory notes electronically.
• View information about your federal loans and grants.
• Reapply for financial aid in the future.
• Conduct other online business with the U.S. Department of Education.