FINANCIAL AID AT UTMB

When you are accepted for admission into a program at UTMB, you become eligible to apply for financial aid.  Students who will be applying for financial aid should file a need analysis form as soon as possible after January 1.  Students who file the FAFSA or Renewal FAFSA must be sure to include each institution you want to receive the results, i.e. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, code 013976, Galveston, Texas.

 

POINTERS

Do not use estimated income when completing the FAFSA or Renewal FAFSA. Fill out the form using real figures from your tax return.  All students who will be applying for financial aid should complete their FAFSA/Renewal FAFSA by going to http://www.fafsa.ed.gov.

You will need a Personal Identification Number (or PIN) to electronically sign your application.  If you do not have, or cannot remember your PIN, you can obtain one at http://www.pin.ed.gov. 

For those of you who wish to be considered for Institutional Scholarships and Grants, which means you are required to provide parental data on the FAFSA/Renewal FAFSA, your parents can also obtain a PIN to electronically sign your FAFSA/Renewal FAFSA. Include yourself in your parent's household and complete Step Four of the Renewal FAFSA whether or not they are providing you any financial support.   Please note that this information is used solely for the purpose of determining eligibility for institutional funds which are awarded to our students in greatest need of assistance.  As an independent student the parental information will not affect the overall amount of aid you are awarded.  It may only allow you to receive better types of aid

It is very import to review your responses to the following questions on your Renewal FAFSA as it will impact your Financial Aid eligibility:

• Do you have children who receive more than half of their support from you?
• Do you have dependents (other than your children or spouse) who live with you and who receive more than half of their support from you, now and through June 30?
• Housing plans (on-campus, off-campus, with parent)

Once we have received the results of your Student Aid Report (SAR) and based on your responses, you may be required to submit Supplemental Data so that we may provide additional funding.  

 

Please note until we receive your Supplemental Data you are funded based on the Housing Plans selected on your SAR, and will not include child care, dependent allowance, or computer allowance.

 
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE VISUALLY-IMPAIRED AND HEARING-IMPAIRED STUDENTS:

• For visually-impaired students:
  The toll-free Federal Student Aid Information Center at (800) 4 FED AID or (800) 433-3243 is open from 8:00 a.m. until Midnight (Eastern Time) seven days-a-week. The Center's information specialists will answer any question a caller may have about federal student aid in general, or about his or her specific application.
• For hearing-impaired students:
  All of SFA's major call centers have TTYs. TTY access is available during the "operator services" hours of operation. Hearing-impaired students may also contact three of the call centers by e-mail. The TTY numbers and e-mail addresses are:

Other useful SFA call centers are:

Federal Student Aid Information Center
http://studentaid.ed.gov/
sfamail@ncs.ed.gov
(800) 730-8913

Student Financial Assistance
U.S. Department of Education
P. O. Box 84
Washington, DC 20044-0084

Direct Loan Servicing
http://www.direct.ed.gov/student.html
(800) 848-0979
Hours: Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–8:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) for operator services: 24/7 for automated services.

Direct Loan Consolidation
http://loanconsolidation.ed.gov/
(800) 557-7392
Hours: Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–8 p.m. (Eastern Time) for operator services; 24/7 for automated services.