How to Apply for Financial Aid
Submission of the FAFSA is accepted as the financial aid application. Late applications can only be considered within the availability of funds.
The following steps should be taken in applying for financial assistance to attend the University of Tennessee Southern:
1. It is recommended that all students submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students must apply for Admission to UT Southern before their applications for financial aid will be processed. This form is available from online from the Office of Admissions. The FAFSA is available online at www.studentaid.gov .
2. An applicant who is a Tennessee resident must mark the appropriate residence question on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This FAFSA form allows the student to apply for the Tennessee Student Assistance Award (TSAA) and the Pell Grant at the same time. This form is also required to receive a Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship. These forms may be obtained from Tennessee high school guidance offices or online. To apply online, you must first create an FSA ID. Log in to https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/ create-account/launch begin this process. Students and parents must then go to www.fafsa.ed.gov to complete the FAFSA online. THIS IS A FREE SERVICE. Be sure you use the extension .gov or you will go to a non-government site that is not free and probably not safe.
3.Out-of-state applicants should complete the FASFA to be considered for the Pell Grant and other assistance. This form is available in high school guidance offices; see item 2 above. Out-of-state applicants are not eligible for the Tennessee Student Assistance Award.
4.For further information, contact the Financial Aid Office, located on the first floor of Colonial Hall and email address financialaid@utsouthern.edu
Your financial aid package could consist of external scholarships, grants, scholarships, work-study and loans. Grants and scholarships are free money; loans are repayable; and work-study is earned from working on campus. The institution reserves the right to adjust institutional aid when that aid in combination with external scholarships, federal and state aid, except for federal loan programs, exceeds the direct cost of tuition and fees, room, and board. A refund will not be provided as a result of receiving any UT Southern institutional scholarship or grant in combination with another UT Southern scholarship or grant, a federal grant, outside scholarship or a state scholarship or grant. If the total of the specified types of aid exceeds tuition and fees, room and board (or tuition and fees only for commuters), UT Southern scholarships will be lowered in the amount of the overage. Institutional aid is considered “last dollar” and in the event an overage creates a credit, the Institutional aid will be reduced.
UT Southern scholarships or grants may be replaced by other types of aid at the discretion of the Financial Aid Office.