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.
Please visit our page: 2024-2025 FAFSA Information for up-to-date information on the changes to the FAFSA.
Undergraduate Dates and Deadlines
**Important: On January 30, 2024, the Department of Education announced an additional delay in the delivery of 2024-25 FAFSA form information to colleges and universities across the country. The Syracuse University Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs will not be able to view student FAFSA information until March 2024.
Term Financial Aid Applications Due Date Award Notification
Entering Students
2023-2024 Academic Year
Spring 2024 FAFSA
2023-2024 November 15, 2023 Late November 2023
CSS Profile
2023-2024November 15, 2023
Entering Students
2024-2025 Academic Year
Fall 2024
Early Decision (ED)FAFSA
2024-2025 January 25, 2024 late January 2024**
CSS Profile
2024-2025November 15, 2023
Fall 2024
Regular Decision (RD)FAFSA
2024-2025
January 25, 2024
Late March 2024
CSS Profile
2024-2025January 5, 2024
Fall 2024
TransferFAFSA
2024-2025
With application for admission, but no later than July 1, 2024
Late March 2024
CSS Profile
2024-2025With application for admission, but no later than July 1, 2024
Returning Students
2024-2025 Academic Year
Returning Undergraduate Students FAFSA
2024-2025
February 1, 2024 Begins mid-June 2024
CSS Profile
2024-2025Only required if not submitted in a previous academic year.
Graduate On-Campus 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 2023-2024 FAFSA on June 30, 2024.
| Applications | Due Date | Award Notifications | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Students Entering Spring 2024
|
FAFSA 2023-2024
|
12/01/23
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Mid-December 2023
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Students Entering Summer 2024
|
FAFSA 2023-2024
|
4/30/24
|
Early May 2024
|
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Students Entering Fall 2024
|
FAFSA 2024-2025
|
5/1/24
|
Mid to Late May 2024
|
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Students Returning Fall 2024
|
FAFSA 2024-2025
|
5/1/24
|
Mid to Late June 2024
|
Graduate 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 2023-2024 FAFSA on June 30, 2024.
| Applications | Due Date | Award Notifications | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Students Enrolling October 2023
|
FAFSA 2023-2024
|
10/31/23
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Begins late August 2023
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Students Enrolling January 2024
|
FAFSA 2023-2024
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1/31/24
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Begins November 2023
|
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Students Enrolling April 2024
|
FAFSA 2023-2024
|
4/30/24
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Begins January 2024
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Students Enrolling June 2024
|
FAFSA 2023-2024
|
6/10/24
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Begins May 2024
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