Financial assistance from both federal and state sources is based on your financial and resident situation from the previous year. If you are applying for Federal or State Financial Aid, then you must complete a FAFSA each year and a State Grant form.
Traditional students, including adults attending daytime classes, are paid approximately 2 weeks after the term begins.
Adults attending Adult Evening classes are paid around the second or third week of classes, if your financial aid file is complete.
Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile Center students in an Associate degree program are usually paid during the second or third week of the term.
BBA students are paid between the 3rd and 5th class meeting in each module.
MHR students, eligible for Pell, are paid after the 5th class meeting of each semester. Loans are disbursed during Modules 3, 6, and 9.
BCJ students are paid after the 5th class meeting in each module.
NOTE: Students who qualify for state funds (Alabama State Grant and ANGEAP) will be paid when the state sends the funds to the school. The state grant usually arrives in December (Fall) and July (Spring).
All aid, whether grants, scholarships, or loans, is credited to your account in the Student Accounts Office. Once your university charges are paid, any credit balance is yours to (1) leave on your account for the next term; (2) request part and leave part on your account; or (3) request the entire balance.
Faulkner University acts as an agent for the Direct Loan Program. For that reason, the first time you apply for a loan through our university, you must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), (2) Master Promissory Note, (3) Faulkner University Loan Information Sheet, and (4) Loan Entrance Interview.
For subsequent loans during the same financial aid year, you complete only the Loan Information Sheet.
The disbursement dates are determined by the individual programs and start dates. However, if you have not completed your academic file with the Admissions Office, your loan will be delayed until it has been completed. After your financial aid has been processed, an award letter will be mailed to you. Do not lose this letter as this information will not be given out over the phone.
Federal regulations require two disbursements. The first disbursement can be scheduled on the normal disbursement date, but the second disbursement must be after the mid point of the term.
Stricter federal regulations have prompted the university to check students’ attendance to verify who has “earned” their aid by attending all classes for which they are registered. Loan money is transferred to the university electronically with the recipients listed on a roster. These rosters are often very large especially at the beginning of each term. Verification of each student’s status is time consuming. For this reason federal regulations state that universities have 14 days in which to pay credit balances. Our business office has been able to provide credit balance checks within 10 days.
Students in all programs need to re-apply by May 1 of each year, in order to establish eligibility for the next school year.
Financial Aid funds will not be available early enough each term to purchase books and supplies or make required down payments. Be prepared to make these purchases through other sources. If your financial aid is complete 10 days before the start of classes, then you can request a book voucher up to the 7th day of classes.
Students in an associate degree program in the Birmingham, Mobile, or Huntsville center are to check with the center registrar. All other students should contact the Military and Veteran Services Department located on the Montgomery campus at (334) 386-7146 for information.