Financial Aid

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The Financial Aid Office is responsible for determining eligibility for financial aid in accordance with funding source requirements, packaging aid, certifying loans, coordinating the federal work-study program and sending award notifications.

If you have approved financial aid in place, it will show as pending aid credit on your Account Summary and can be used to defer your charges. The Financial Aid Office has more information about applying for aid. After completing the financial aid application process, you will receive an award notification from that office.

Use the information below to learn more about financial aid.

• where to start: Step-by-Step Guide to Financial Aid
• financial aid brochures: review the types of financial aid available
• How Course Outcomes Can Affect Financial Aid Eligibility 6-01-12: know the importance of how the outcomes students receive in their courses affects their financial aid eligibility
• frequently asked questions
• contacts and resources for financial aid
• financial aid glossary: common financial aid terms and acronyms.

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the above PDF files. If Acrobat Reader is not installed on your computer, you can download it for free from  Adobe's site. If you are still unable to view the file, please contact us at financialaid@esc.edu or call 800-847-3000.

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