Paying Your Aid For Fall 2025
With the exception of work-study funds which are earned over the course of the semester, financial aid is disbursed (paid) directly to student accounts in two installments prior to the start of each semester.
On July 11th, the Student Accounts Office sent the first billing statement for the fall 2025 semester. When you receive your bill for fall 2025, you should see these awards as credits on your fall 2025 student account if you have completed and submitted all required documents (see financial aid portal for checklist). Because we cannot disburse federal and state aid until August 15, the sum of those accepted awards will display as 鈥淓xpected Aid/Loans鈥� in the Calculation of Amount Due听section on the bottom of your first bill.
For the fall 2025 semester, the scheduled disbursement date for federal and state aid is Friday, August 15, 2025.
These funds should credit to your student account on that day:
- Federal Pell Grant,
- Federal SEOG Grant,
- Cal Grant A or B, or
- Federal Direct Loans (Subsidized, Unsubsidized or Parent PLUS Loans)
What You Should Do
Check Your Documents:听 To ensure that all of your aid credits to you student account on time, visit your听听Portal and click on the听Documents & Messages听辫补驳别 in the menu. Please make sure that you have submitted all required documents.
First-time borrowers of Federal Direct Loans must complete a Master Promissory Note (MPN) and Direct Loan Entrance Counseling before we can disburse your loan.听 If you have not already done so, you can complete both of these items by logging into听, using your FSA ID and password.
Accept Your Aid:听 In your 听Portal, click on the听Accept/Decline Financial Aid听辫补驳别听in the menu听to accept or decline your aid. If you wish to borrow a loan for an amount less than the amount included in your package, you can specify the amount you wish to borrow there.
What You Should Know
Book Stipend checks are generally issued one week before the start of class each semester and refunded electronically to the account registered with e-Refund.
Work-Study funds will not be appear on your student account as a credit.听 Work-study funds must be earned over the course of each semester. You are only paid for the hours you work. 听provides a centralized online database called Handshake to post all on- and off-campus jobs including听work-study, non-work-study, and internship positions. This system is shared across the 7Cs, so you can find and apply for campus work across the Consortium. You are not required to earn the amount of your award and there is no penalty if you earn less. These funds are generally used to pay for personal expenses during the course of the academic year.
E-Refunds or Check Refunds of Credit Balances
If the total amount of financial aid exceeds the charges on your student account, you may enroll in E-refund via the Student Accounts Office website.听 E-refunds and check refunds of credit balances are available on or after the first day of class each semester.听 Funds transferred to your bank account via the E-refund process are generally available in 1-2 business days. Check refunds generally take 7-10 business days.听 If you would like to request an E-Refund or a check refund of any credit balance on your student account you may complete and submit online.