Financial Aid: Why hasn't my financial aid been disbursed to my account? (2024)

FAQs

Why hasn't my financial aid been disbursed yet? ›

There are a number of reasons why a student's financial aid may not have been disbursed to their account. They include but are not limited to the following: The student failed to submit all requested documents. The student is not actively enrolled in at least one course (Federal Pell Grant disbursem*nts).

If you have financial aid remaining after the college applies it to your tuition and other required expenses, it will disburse the remainder to you. Schools must issue the remaining amount to you within 14 days unless you authorize your school to keep the money to pay for future charges.

The process to request Federal Direct Loan funds and disburse them into your student account will take approximately 3-5 business days. Be aware that once the funds disburse, they will no longer show as anticipated aid. However, within the same day, you will see the funds posted to your student account.

If you don't receive the type or amount of financial aid you expected, contact your school. The financial aid office can explain how your aid was determined.

You can also check the status of your FAFSA form by contacting the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-433-3243. To check on the status of financial aid being disbursed (paid out) to you or your account, check with your school's financial aid office.

Federal loans that have been approved but not received by the time of the billing will be estimated on the billing. Delays in the approval of federal loans, or delays in the approval of other sources of aid may result in restrictions placed on student accounts if the billing becomes past due.

Overall, FAFSA takes about 3 days to 3 weeks to process depending on if you filled out your form online or by hand. From there, the schools will use the data received to prepare your financial aid package.

The anticipated disbursem*nt date is the date that a school expects to disburse Direct Loan funds.

The delays are a result of overhauls made to the aid application system that were mandated by laws passed by Congress in 2019 and 2020. The overhauls were intended to make the FAFSA simpler, easier to use, and to make more lower-income students eligible for more aid.

If you did not complete the FAFSA for the academic year when you are seeking aid, you won't receive any. If you did complete the FAFSA, but didn't receive financial aid, confirm that you completed the form for the correct year. Contact your school's financial aid office if the wrong form was completed.

Is it possible to not receive financial aid? ›

Grades Slipped or Haven't Completed Enough Credits

You need to make satisfactory academic progress in college or career school in order to keep getting federal student aid. Talk to your school about whether you can appeal the decision that made you ineligible to continue receiving federal student aid.

It's possible that you might not receive your entire scheduled award for an award year. There are a few reasons for this, the most common of which are that you are not enrolled for the full year or that you are not enrolled full-time, or both. We calculate the percentage of the scheduled award that you did receive.

The time it takes to receive your financial aid money depends on when and how soon you apply, how you submit your FAFSA application, how quickly your school acts, and the type of aid you've accepted. In general, you should have the funds you need right around the time each semester, trimester, or quarter begins.

It's possible that you might not receive your entire scheduled award for an award year. There are a few reasons for this, the most common of which are that you are not enrolled for the full year or that you are not enrolled full-time, or both. We calculate the percentage of the scheduled award that you did receive.

Processing takes between four to six weeks from the date applications are submitted. If your loan consolidation application has been processed, it could take an additional two weeks before your new loan information is available.