Financial Aid

Financial Support

UT Arlington provides flexible payment options for students. MyMav, our student portal, provides access 24/7 for students to register, pay for classes, and much more.

For applicants to the Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Literacy Studies: TEACH Grant Information (.PDF)

Federal Financial Aid

Financial Aid is available for all UT Arlington Academic Partnership programs. Students must meet certain general eligibility criteria to apply for most need based financial aid:

• must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (for all federal programs)
• must be working toward a degree or certification at UT Arlington
• must have a high school diploma or its equivalent
• must be enrolled at least half time at UT Arlington (6 undergraduate hours for undergraduate students, 5 graduate hours for graduate students)
• must meet the published Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements
• must resolve any drug conviction issues

To apply awarded financial aid to your student account you must be registered for at least 6 undergraduate hours or 5 graduate hours in a given term. If you are taking more than 1 course per start date, this requirement should be easily met. However, if you are only taking 1 course at a time, you must register for future courses in that term to qualify. Your financial aid will credit to your student account once you meet the half time enrollment requirement.

Example:
The Summer 2010 term has 2 start dates: May 24, 2010 and July 5, 2010. If you register for one 3 credit hour course for May and another 3 credit hour course in July, you will meet the minimum credit hour requirements. If you start the program in July, you will have to register for 2 courses in July to meet the credit hour requirements. If you cannot take 2 courses in the last start date of a term you can still pay for your courses as normal. Your financial aid award will begin with the next term within the award year. Financial aid may be used to pay the prior term charges if there is sufficient aid to cover all current charges first within the same award year. The financial aid year begins with summer, and includes the following fall, and spring. Financial aid may not normally be used to pay for an outstanding balance from a prior award year.

Applying for Financial Aid

Financial aid is available to those students that qualify. To apply, please follow these instructions:

1. Go to the Federal Student Aid PIN site and apply for a PIN if you do not have one. You can also visit that link if you need your PIN sent to you again.
2. Go to the Federal Student Aid FAFSA site. Choose "Fill Out Your FAFSA" in column 2 on the web page. UT Arlington's school code is 003656.
3. Complete the FAFSA and sign it electronically with your PIN.

UT Arlington will process signed FAFSAs within 5 business days. Students will receive either a letter notifying them that they have been selected for verification and additional documents are needed or an award letter listing the dollar amount for which they are eligible. Students can also log into MyMav and view this information instead of waiting for a letter by mail. Students must accept their award letter prior to the tuition deadline or pay out of pocket. Students who fail to accept their award letter and/or have not paid at least half of the tuition will be dropped from class.

Students can visit the UT Arlington FAO Portal for questions.

Deadlines for submitting the FAFSA:

Fall 2010 term: May 15, 2010
Spring 2011 term: November 15, 2010

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