Due to the 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) experiencing a multitude of changes (such as changing access; reducing the volume of questions; and changing the federal methodology used in determining eligibility for federal student aid resources), the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) originally delayed the access to the online 2024-2025 FAFSA until 12/31/23. While the 2024-2025 FAFSA is now available for online completion, DOE is now delaying the transmittal of completed 2024-2025 FAFSA data to your designated colleges and universities. The latest guidance from DOE indicates that Tulane should expect to start receiving electronic 2024-2025 FAFSA data by late-March 2024 at the earliest. Therefore, please understand that if have already completed the 2024-2025 FAFSA, yet our Gibson portal does not reflect receipt of the FAFSA, it is due to this delay in receipt of the information. https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
Incoming and returning graduate & professional students and all School of Professional Advancement (SoPA) students: All graduate and professional and SoPA students seeking consideration for federal student aid resources should complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA at this time. Students are also encouraged to complete the appropriate 2024-2025 Tulane Financial Aid Addendum associated with your student population, as this supplement addendum collects additional information used to provide an accurate level of financial assistance based on your expected enrollment and borrowing intentions.
For incoming and continuing graduate & professional students, once your Tulane school confirms their 2024-2025 tuition and fees schedule and academic calendar, we will commence reviewing all completed 2024-2025 FAFSA applications received. New incoming students must first receive an offer of admission before we initiate a review of their FAFSA data. Returning students must be meeting all federal satisfactory academic progress criteria to retain federal aid eligibility. https://financialaid.tulane.edu/resources/eligibility/sap
2024 Summer Semester aid applicants will need to complete the 2023-2024 FAFSA BEFORE access to the online 2023-2024 FAFSA ends June 30, 2024, and to complete the appropriate Tulane 2024 Summer Addendum (soon to be available under the Forms section of our website).
