Funding your Education

There has been a lot of news surrounding the 2024-2025 FAFSA and we wanted to be sure you are informed with the latest and how it will impact you at TTUHSC.

STEP 1 – Student Applies for Financial Aid

• _{First, we recommend eligible students submit the 2024-2025 FAFSA for the Summer 2024, Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters. This is available to you now at www.studentaid.gov.}

_{STEP 2 – Department of Education processes applications and sends data to schools}

• _{The Department of Education is expected to release FAFSA data to schools end of April.}
• _{While this is much later than previous years, this timeline is not currently expected to delay our normal award offer processing.}

_{STEP 3 – TTUHSC processes FAFSA and offers financial aid to students}

• _{Please be aware that it can take our office 2-3 weeks to process initial FAFSA data and begin to offer financial aid (grants and/or loans) to eligible students.}
• _{If we must review or make changes to your FAFSA data, we will notify you by email. This includes any additional requirements or documents we may need to complete your FAFSA file.}
• _{During this time, you will need to check your WebRaider portal for any financial aid requirements. The sooner these are completed then the faster we can process your FAFSA and offer your aid.}

_{STEP 4 – Students view/accept aid}

• _{Once we have processed your FAFSA and offered your financial aid, you can go to your WebRaider portal to view and accept or decline your aid.}
• _{Students enrolled in summer terms will need to do this ASAP so that their summer aid can help pay their bill and any eligible refunds can be processed.}

_{If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our team at financial.aid@ttuhsc.edu.}

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) constitutes the basic financial aid application and is required if you wish to be considered for all federal, state or university financial aid and scholarships. The FAFSA must be submitted once per school year. Each new aid year at TTUHSC starts with the summer semester.

Please note the following information when submitting your FAFSA:

Texas Tech University is a separate institution from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. If your plans include transferring from TTU to TTUHSC, you will need to complete the TTUHSC financial aid process.

The TTUHSC federal school code is 016024.

Students are encouraged to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool to enter tax information.

• The 2024-2025 FAFSA is available to complete as of January 1, 2024.
  • The 2024-2025 FAFSA covers the summer 2024, fall 2024 and spring 2025 semesters.
  • Students beginning HSC enrollment in the summer 2024, fall 2024 or spring 2025 semester should complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA.
    HSC cannot use the 2023-2024 FAFSA data to process summer 2024 financial aid offers.
  • The 2023-2024 FAFSA covers the summer 2023, fall 2023 and spring 2024 semesters.
  • Students beginning HSC enrollment in the spring 2023 semester should complete the 2023-2024 FAFSA.
    • HSC cannot use the 2024-2025 FAFSA data to process spring 2024 financial aid offers.
    • The 2022-2023 FAFSA covers the summer 2022, fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters.

    TASFA - Texas Application for State Financial Aid

    Students who do not meet the eligible noncitizen requirements for Federal Student Financial Aid (FAFSA), can still complete the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA). While TTUHSC does not have any institutional financial aid to offer students, the TASFA application is required for international students applying for or receiving any HSC Scholarships.

    Completed TASFA applications may be scanned and emailed to financial.aid@ttuhsc.edu

    Verification & Missing Information

    Once you have submitted the FAFSA, your Student Aid Report (SAR) will indicate if additional supporting documents may be required for verification, and these documents will vary for each student.

    Even if the student is not selected for verification, additional information may be requested to complete the student's file. All students applying for financial aid will be asked to complete the Expected Enrollment Questionnaire.

    All requests for additional documents or information will be sent to the student's TTUHSC email account. To view and complete any additional documents or information, please follow these instructions.

    Login to WebRaider and select the HSC MyTECH tab.

    1. Scroll to the Manage My Finances section and select "Documentation Requested and Submitted".
    2. Select "Student Requirements".
    3. Select the appropriate aid year from the drop down menu and click "Submit".
    4. Complete items listed in a "required" status.

    **Please include the student's student ID (R#) at the top of all documents you submit to our office. The forms and data should all be legible and must be received by the specified deadline. If citizenship documentation is required, be sure to read the instructions provided through WebRaider. Failure to submit all required information and documents could result in a delay of financial funding.

    Once the student has completed their financial aid file the student will receive a financial aid offer notice via their TTUHSC email account. The notice will include a link to WebRaider , where the student can view and accept their financial aid offers.

    TTUHSC Student Financial Aid begins processing financial aid offers in April of each year for the upcoming school year. TTUHSC school years begin with the summer semester.

    Award Acceptance & Disbursements

    Per the instructions in the financial aid offer notice, you may view and accept your offers by following these instructions:

    1. Login to WebRaider and select the "HSC MyTech" tab.
    2. Scroll to the "Manage My Finances" section and select "View/Accept Aid Package".
    3. Select the appropriate aid year and click "Submit".
    4. Select the "Accept Award Offer" tab.
    5. Accept the aid you wish to receive and click "Submit Decision". (Grants are automatically accepted and there is no action required by the student.)
    6. If you accept a student loan, please visit Federal Student Aid - Manage Loans to complete Entrance Counseling and a Master Promissory Note.

    The Financial Aid Office will begin disbursing financial aid to students' tuition and fee accounts approximately 10 days prior to the start of classes each semester. Students must be enrolled at least half-time, have accepted their aid and completed all of the necessary requirements for disbursements to occur.

    Students may accept any of their remaining loan eligibility by logging into the WebRaider portal and accessing their financial award offer. If a student originally declined a loan offer and would now like to accept some of the funds, please email Financial.Aid@ttuhsc.edu and request your loan offers be reopened. Please be sure to include your name and R# in the email. Students may accept funds up until the week before their semester ends.

    Federal Title IV Funds and Authorization

    • Tuition
    • Mandatory fees
    • Student health insurance _{(Authorizing the use of financial aid for non-allowable charges does not automatically sign you up for student health insurance)}
    • Late fees
    • Library fines
    • Parking fines

    What are Federal Title IV funds?

    • Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized Loan
    • Direct PLUS Loan (Graduate and Parent Plus)
    • Federal Pell Grant
    • Federal SEOG Grant (Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant)

    Complete Title IV Authorization

    To complete your Title IV Authorization, login to your TTUHSC WebRaider portal and access your HSC Student Financial Aid link. Access your current financial aid year awards and click the links for Title IV Authorization. Here, you will indicate if you authorization for your Federal Title IV financial aid funds to be used to other institutional charges. Your authorization will remain in effect for future terms unless you contact our office to make changes.

    If you choose not to complete the authorization, the form questions will remain on your student awards portal, but will not prevent disbursement of student financial aid funds. Your Title IV financial aid funds will only post to your allowable institutional charges. Student Business Services may issue you a refund of any remaining funds and they may issue a bill for any charges that could not be paid with your Title IV financial aid. Receiving a refund does not indicate that there are no pending charges on your account. For account inquiries check your Student Business Services Tuition bill via your WebRaider portal.

    Please contact our office for any questions regarding Title IV Authorization.

    Professional Circumstances

    The 2024-2025 FAFSA is based on 2022 income information. We understand the past few years have been difficult and challenging for many of our students and their families. The 2022 income listed on your FAFSA may have changed or your family has different circumstances since 2021. As a result, your FAFSA data today for the 2024-2025 academic year may not accurately reflect your current circumstances.

    If your income or family situation has changed, we might be able to assist you through the Special Circumstances/Professional Judgment process. Learn more by visiting our Professional Judgment/Special Circumstances webpage

    Short Term/Emergency Tuition Loans

    Short term loans are offered to all students currently enrolled through the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, except those students who are within 30 days of their graduation date. The Emergency Tuition Loan is intended to pay the total cost of tuition and fees. Short Term Loans are also available to buy books and supplies, or for other living expenses. All types of loans have a maximum repayment term of 90 days. Short Term/Emergency Tuition Loans

    Student Financial Aid Survey Information

    Student Orientation Presentations

    • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Financial Aid Orientation
    • School of Health Professions Financial Aid Orientation
    • School of Nursing Financial Aid Orientation
    • School of Medicine Financial Aid Orientation
    • Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy Financial Aid Orientation
    • Julia Jones Matthews School of Population and Public Health Financial Aid Orientation
    • Future Healthcare Professionals
    • MSIV Orientation

    Scholarship Information

    • Biomedical Sciences
    • School of Health Professions Scholarships
    • School of Medicine Scholarships
    • School of Nursing Scholarships
    • Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy Scholarships
    • Julia Jones Matthews School of Population and Public Health
    • Employee's Dependent Scholarship