To help you meet financial aid deadlines, outlined are due dates for early and regular decision, transfer, returning, undergraduate, and graduate students. Depending on your program or career, you may be required to complete the FAFSA, the CSS Profile, or both.
Undergraduate Dates and Deadlines
Term Financial Aid Applications Due Date Award Notification
Entering Students
2024-2025 Academic Year
Spring 2025 FAFSA
2024-2025 November 15, 2024 Late November 2024
CSS Profile
2024-2025November 15, 2024
Entering Students
2025-2026 Academic Year
Fall 2025
Early Decision (ED)FAFSA
2025-2026 December 15, 2024 December 2024 - January 2025
CSS Profile
2025-2026November 15, 2024
Fall 2025
Regular Decision (RD)FAFSA
2025-2026
January 5, 2025
Late March 2025
CSS Profile
2025-2026January 5, 2025
Fall 2025
TransferFAFSA
2025-2026
With application for admission, but no later than July 1, 2025
Starting in Late March 2025
CSS Profile
2025-2026With application for admission, but no later than July 1, 2025
Returning Students
2025-2026 Academic Year
Returning Undergraduate Students FAFSA
2025-2026 February 1, 2025 Begins mid-June 2025
CSS Profile
2025-2026Only required if not submitted in a previous academic year.
Graduate On-Campus Programs and Semester-Based Online Programs
To receive a timely award notification, students must submit the FAFSA by the due date. However, we will continue to accept FAFSA submissions after the published due date.
Please note: The Department of Education will close the 2024-2025 FAFSA on June 30, 2025.
| Applications | Due Date | Award Notifications | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Students Entering Spring 2025
|
FAFSA 2024-2025
|
12/01/24
|
Mid-December 2024
|
|
Students Entering Summer 2025
|
FAFSA 2024-2025
|
4/30/25
|
Early May 2025
|
|
Students Entering and Returning Fall 2025
|
FAFSA 2025-2026
|
5/1/25
|
June 2025
|
Graduate Online Quarter-Term Programs
To receive a timely award notification, students must submit the FAFSA** by the due date. However, we will continue to accept FAFSA submissions after the published due date.
Please note: The Department of Education will close the 2024-2025 FAFSA on June 30, 2025.
**In addition to the FAFSA, students must also complete the required SU Financial Aid Application provided on their MySlice Financial Aid To Do List by the due dates listed.
| Applications | Due Date | Award Notifications | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Students Enrolling January/Winter 2025
|
FAFSA 2024-2025
|
12/25/24
|
Begins November 2024
|
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Students Enrolling April/Spring 2025
|
FAFSA 2024-2025
|
3/15/25
|
Begins January 2025
|
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Students Enrolling July/Summer 2025
|
FAFSA 2024-2025
|
5/15/25
|
Begins May 2025
|
|
Students Enrolling October/Fall 2025
|
FAFSA 2025-2026 | 9/15/25 |
Begins July 2025
|