Incoming & Continuing Students: Northern Kentucky University, Greater Cincinnati Region

Incoming and continuing students sould be sure to submit the FAFSA so that they are considered for federal aid. We want you to be considered for as many financial awards as possible and completing the FAFSA will ensure that.

Degree Seeking Kentucky Residents

To apply for KY College Access Program Grant (CAP), students must complete
the FAFSA for the school year they are needing financial aid. CAP
grant funds are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis by FAFSA completion
date.

Steps to Complete the FAFSA

Create Your FSA ID

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We recommend creating your Federal Student Aid (FSA) ID, if you have not done so already.

Students and Contributors will be required to create their own unique FSA ID which can take upwards of 2 weeks. This process must be completed in order to begin the FAFSA application process.

Additional information about this process and who is considered a contributor is available to you now on studentaid.gov.

Identify your contributor

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A contributor for the 2025-2026 is the student, the parent/s, stepparent/s, and/or spouse. Each contributor will need a FSA ID.

To assist with identifing who your contributor is, please refer to the image to the right.

Additional information about contributors, can be found on studentaid.gov.

Gather all necessary documents

All FAFSA filers (new incoming students and continuing students) will be required to submit the 2024-2025 application in its entirety. Continuing students will not be permitted to "renew" the prior year's FAFSA.

Before you start filling out the 2024-2025 application, gather all necessary documentation for easy access to items such as names, birthdates, Social Security numbers (SSN), driver's license and 2022 federal tax information.

Complete Your FASFA

After You Submit

Communication from the Department of Education

If you have already submitted your 2025-2026 FAFSA, below is a short list of what you can expect in the coming weeks.

Students will receive an email informing them that their FAFSA form has been fully processed and their FAFSA information has been sent to the schools they listed on their form.
Students who applied using the online FAFSA form will receive an email that they can access their FAFSA Submission Summary by logging in to StudentAid.gov using their FSA ID and password.

Students will be able to make corrections to their FAFSA once their eligibility has been calculated and an ISIR (Institutional Student Information Record) generated. Students may view their eligibility calculation by logging back into their Studentaid.gov account.

What Happens After Submitting Your FASFA Form?

What Happens After Your FASFA Form is Processed?

Please Note: FAFSA Submissions Summaries have not been sent by the Department of Education yet. The expected timeline of when that will begin has been moved to March.

Communication from Northern Kentucky University:

Office of Student Financial Assistance will continue to send information about merit and donor/foundation scholarship offers.
Upon receipt of your FAFSA information, the Office of Student Financial Assistance will send a financial aid package that will reflect your federal aid eligibility. Award Notification Letters are being auto-packaged and are being sent out a daily basis for all incoming First-Time Freshman, Graduate, Law and Transfer students. For all continuing students, we will begin packaging in March.

If you have additional questions, please contact the following:

For additional questions for NKU, please contact us at 859-572-5143 or at ofa@nku.edu
For additional questions for Federal Student Aid, please contact them at 1-800-433-3243.

Incoming & Continuing Students

Steps to Complete the FAFSA

After You Submit

Communication from the Department of Education

Communication from Northern Kentucky University:

The Office of Student Financial Assistance

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