How to Apply for Financial Aid

2024-2025 FAFSA Changes

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as FAFSA, has undergone some major changes for the 2024-2025 academic year that resulted in a delay of the opening of the application.

NOTE: The U.S. Department of Education launched a new FAFSA form for the 2024-2025 academic year. This new, overhauled form has resulted in significant delays in OLLU and other universities receiving student FAFSA files from the government. Delays are ongoing and this means that students will not receive their financial aid packages until later in the spring. Additional informtion is available at this link .

Steps for Applying for Financial Aid

Create a Federal Student Aid ID (FSA ID)

The FSA ID can be created at the following site:
https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch

Note: The FSA ID has replaced the Federal Student Aid PIN and must be used to log in to all of the above U.S. Department of Education websites.

Complete your FAFSA

Complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) using your tax return information (or your parent's tax return information if you are a dependent student) at https://studentaid.gov/ .

Be sure to list OLLU's School Code: 003598 on the FAFSA so we can electronically download and have access to your information.
We recommend that you apply early. To ensure that your financial aid will be processed by the start of the fall semester, we recommend that you apply no later than May 1.

Submit any supplemental information

The OLLU Financial Aid Office will review your submitted items and possibly ask you for additional information. You should return all additional requested information as soon as possible.

Award Letter

We will send you an award letter listing the many types of financial aid we can offer you. Once you receive the award letter from us, we invite you to come into our office and let us counsel you on your awards. Financial aid will be applied to your bill once you are registered for classes.