Current Students Financial Aid Information

FAFSA or Free Application for Federal Student Aid is an application that provides access to the largest source of financial aid to pay for your college. FAFSA is required to receive aid including federal grants, work-study, and loans.

2024-2025 FAFSA is available now!

Tuition, Fees, and University Charges

2023-2024 Undergraduate Cost of Attendance per Year

Annual

Undergraduate Tuition & Fees (per year)

Accept Your Aid

Review your award letter from Fredonia when you receive it in the mail OR you can review your aid status online in YourConnection using these steps:

1. Click the Your Connection link located towards the bottom of the page
2. Enter your User ID and PIN
3. Click Financial Aid
4. Click Award
5. Click Award for Aid Year
6. Click the drop down box and select the appropriate aid year. Click Submit
7. Click Accept Award Offer tab
8. Under the Award Decision column, click the drop down box to Accept or Decline your awards. To accept partial amounts, click Accept and type in the amount you wish to receive under the accept partial amount column.
9. Click Submit Decision button

Federal Work Study

If you have been awarded a Federal Work Study position, and/or a Federal Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized Loan, and TEACH Grant, you must log on to YourConnection to accept, decline, or accept partial amounts of these awards. Please refer to the instructions above for accepting or declining these Financial Aid Awards.

Failure to accept your Federal Work Study Award by July 31 of the upcoming aid year will result in cancellation.

Verification for Selected Students

Please note that not all students are selected for verification.  Students will receive notice that they have been selected for verification after the Office of Financial Aid receives the FAFSA.

Verification is a federal financial requirement in which the Federal Central Processing Center (CPS) randomly selects Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applicants for verification (which will be noted on your FAFSA Submission Summary).   Once selected the process of comparing the self-reported information on the FAFSA to that of a signed copy of the federal tax form or a copy of the IRS Tax Transcripts and other financial documents begins.  Students can view the status of verification in the financial aid section of YourConnection under "Eligibility" followed by "Student Requirements".

Federal Direct Loan Borrower Instructions

1. All first-time borrowers at Fredonia must complete Entrance Counseling at StudentAid.gov.  
   • Sign in using your FSA ID used to sign the FAFSA.  Then click on "Complete Loan Counseling (Entrance, Financial Awareness, Exit)." 
   • Click the "Start" Button that appears to the right of Entrance Counseling.
2. All first-time borrowers at Fredonia MUST complete a new Federal Direct Loan Agreement at StudentAid.gov.  
   • Sign in using your FSA ID used to sign the FAFSA. 
   • Then click on "Complete Loan Agreement." 
   • Click the "Start" Button that appears to the right, for Subsidized/ Unsubsidized Loans.