Many on-line resources are available to help students and families explore, access, apply for and manage financial aid funds.    Below you'll find links to:

• FAFSA on the Web
• Sign a Stafford Loan Master Promissory Note
• Complete Stafford Loan Entrance and Exit Counseling
• Access information about federal aid options and estimate federal aid
• Access on-line calculators to estimate savings, loan payments, debt
• Link to scholarship programs through the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

File your FAFSA electronically by clicking here.

SIGN YOUR MASTER PROMISSORY NOTE (MPN): New borrowers to the Stafford Loan Program must complete a Master Promissory Note before loan funds can be disbursed to the school. Click here and sign your MPN on-line through AES/PHEAA using your US Department of Education PIN! Students will be automatically routed to the entrance counseling during the e-sign  MPN process.

Student Loan Counseling: Students who borrow through the Federal Stafford Loan Program are required to participate in student loan counseling. "Entrance counseling" must take place before student loan funds can be disbursed to the school for the student.   "Exit counseling" must take place when a student is graduating from the university, falls below half-time study, or has left the university.   To begin Student Loan Counseling click here.

Borrowers can access their federal student loan borrowing history through the U.S. Department of Education's website for the National Student Loan Data System.

Financial aid officers are available to assist students with any questions about borrowing through the federal student loan programs. Aid officers can be contacted: In person in the Financial Aid Office in 107 Maltby Center By phone at 724 - 738 - 2044 Via email at financial.aid@sru.edu

TOOLS TO ESTIMATE LOAN PAYMENTS AND OTHER CALCULATIONS: Click here to access tools through AES/PHEAA to help you estimate: monthly student loan payments monthly payment, principal and interest payments for consolidated loans how much, and how often, you will need to save to meet a specific financial goal how your savings grow over time.

MORE ON-LINE RESOURCES:

www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov connects you to this U.S. Department of Education site that helps you explore financial aid options and obtain an early estimate of eligibility for federal student aid.  

www.studentaid.ed.gov connects you to financial aid information from the U.S. Department of Education

www.pheaa.org connects you to financial aid information from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

www.finaid.org provides you with comprehensive and objective financial aid information, advice and tools including a calculator to estimate your Expected Family Contribution (EFC).