Financial Aid

Announcements

• The FAFSA & CSS/Profile applications for the 2019-2020 academic year are now available to submit. 

  Go to https://www.fafsa.gov to complete and submit your 2019-2020 application for federal and state financial aid program. In addition to the FAFSA, all undergraduate students must also file the 2019-2020 CSS/Profile which is used to determine eligibility for institutional (SMU) need based aid. Go to https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/to submit your CSS/Profile application.
  Graduate students do not need to file the CSS/Profile.

• Financial Aid awarding cycle for the 2019-2020 academic year is scheduled to begin based on the following schedule. When your financial aid award is ready for you to view/accept, you will be notified though your SMU email and My.SMU.
• New incoming & transfer undergraduate student awarding will begin in late January, 2019.
• New incoming graduate student awards are scheduled to begin in late April and will continue on a rolling basis.
• Returning/Continuing student (Undergraduate & Graduate) awards will not begin until mid to late June after your grades from the SPRING term have been evaluated and posted.

• Graduate level scholarships are awarded by the academic departments, not by the financial aid office. If you are expecting to receive a graduate scholarship but do not see it when you receive your financial aid award package, please contact your academic department for information.

• Undergraduate scholarships offered by SMU are provided either by Admissions (merit) or by the school of a student's major (departmental). Eligibility for such scholarships is determined from the processing of the Admissions application not the Financial Aid office.

• All communication will go through your SMU email address. Please check it and your Task Tile on my.SMU frequently for all updates on your Financial Aid.

• Payment due dates for the 2019-2020 year can be found at https://www.smu.edu/EnrollmentServices/Bursar/DueDates