Financial Aid

• Step 1

  Apply for federal aid. (i.e., Pell grant, loans, and work study. Also required for most state scholarships or grants)

  www.fsaID.ed.gov www.fafsa.ed.gov

  Create an Federal Student Aid ID (FSA ID) and password and complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®). Your FSA ID serves as your electronic signature and provides access to your personal records. You will need your FSA ID to access your federal student aid records online in order to view or make changes to your records. Dependent students will also be required to have a parent create their own FSA ID and password.

  While completing the FAFSA®, be sure to add UACCM's code 005245.

  Students must reapply for the next academic year (fall to summer) prior to that fall semester.

  Step 2

  Complete the admission process.

  Admission Requirements

  You must be fully admitted before financial aid will be awarded.

  Step 3

  Check for and submit required paperwork.

  Watch for emails from the Financial Aid Office to the address listed on FAFSA requesting documentation or login to CampusConnect > Acct Info > Review Financial Aid approximately a week after you submit the FAFSA® to see what related paperwork must be submitted.

  Examples of supporting documents that may be requested:

  • UACCM Admissions Requirements (Call 501-977-2053 to check your status.)
  • Verification worksheet
  • IRS tax return transcript
  • W-2s
  • Evidence of child support
  • Parent(s) IRS tax return transcript (if dependent student)
  • Parent(s) W-2s (if dependent student)

  The Financial Aid Office cannot begin processing applications for a new award year until March of each year. (e.g., applications for fall through summer semesters cannot be processed before March of that year.)

  If supporting documents do not match the information submitted on the FAFSA®, it will delay completing your Pell grant award and any loans. Additional documentation may then be required.

  Step 4

  Apply for state aid.

  YOUniversal Application

  Complete the YOUniversal application to apply for state-funded and lottery-funded financial aid programs.

  Some programs have an earlier deadline, and the Workforce Challenge Scholarship deadline is 30 days prior to the class start date. Visit www.adhe.edu for specific program deadlines and descriptions.

  Step 5

  Receive financial aid award email.

  Step 6

  Pay any tuition and fees not covered by your aid by the tuition deadline.

Normal processing time to award aid is approximately two weeks after a student submits FAFSA® results and all required supporting documentation, such as tax transcripts, to the UACCM Financial Aid Office. During times when a high volume of FAFSA® results are received (July –September), it will most likely require more than two weeks to award aid. Students’ aid must be awarded at least one business day prior to charging in the UACCM Bookstore.