Financial Aid News

• Official financial aid award notices for entering freshmen and returning students will be sent during the month of June.



• The Spring 2008 Financial Aid Newsletter contain important information about summer financial aid, SAP, summer employment, applying for aid in 2008-09, scholarships and a variety of other articles about financial aid.
  
  
• For information on how to apply for summer financial aid, please review the summer aid instructions.
  
  
• The 2008-09 FAFSA is available. Apply now to ensure that the Department of Education receives your FAFSA by March 1st. Your receipt of state grant funds may depend on filing your FAFSA early. If necessary, you may estimate your income and make corrections later.
  
  
• Students will be notified of their financial aid awards through their JMU email account. Once you have received your financial aid award email notice, please follow these instructions to accept the Stafford and Plus Loans.
  
  
• To access ecampus, please click the following web address: http://ecampus.jmu.edu
  
  
• For information on tuition and fee rates for the 2007-2008 year, please go to the University Business Office web site at www.jmu.edu/ubo



• In order to receive financial aid, you must be meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress(SAP). You can review the requirements to ensure your eligiblity to receive financial aid at JMU.



• Click here to listen to a 23 minute podcast discussing issues pertaining to paying for college and financial literacy.