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How is financial aid calculated?

Colleges will use two numbers from the FAFSA:

Your Student Aid Index, or SAl. The SAl is not just family income: it is a calculation of various financial numbers that can impact your need for assistance to pay for college. This number can be as low as -1.500 and as high as 999.999. A negative SAl indicates you have a higher financial need.
Your Pell Grant eligibility. The most common type of federal financial aid is the Pell Grant, which is an amount as high as $7,395 for the current aid year. This is not a loan; it is money provided to you, interest-free, by the federal government to lower your Cost of Attendance.

Luckily, the FAFSA has a quick and easy tool that will walk you through the criteria used to calculate these numbers and provide you with an estimated SAl and Pell Grant amount before you submit an official FAFSA. You will use this to retrieve these numbers to enter.

Next Steps

Go to the FAFSA Financial Aid Estimator tool and follow the prompts (this will open in a new window so you do not close out of this form). This should take no longer than 5-10 minutes.
Make note of the SAl and Pell Grant amounts that this tool provides you. The results should look something like this, with the necessary numbers circled.
Enter this information below.

Student Financial Aid Estimator Information

Student Aid Index (SAI)

Pell Grant

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Cost Breakdown
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Cost of Attendance

Financial Aid
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On-Campus Residency Grant
Need Based Aid
Pell Grant
Loans
Total**

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*Please note that you may be eligible for additional scholarship awards from the College, including athletic, talent, or other program-specific awards. For more information about scholarships and other financial aid opportunities, visit this link or contact the Office of Admission to connect with an admission counselor.

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