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The first step in applying for financial aid is to submit the each academic year. The FAFSA determines your eligibility for grants, loans, work-study and need-based scholarships. Get details on the financial aid process.
Graduate students are primarily offered student loans, but there may be additional funding available through your graduate department.
Financial Aid & Your Enrollment
The minimum enrollment required for financial aid purposes is as follows:
- Graduate: at least half time, 3 to 5 credit hours (6+ is full time)
- Law: at least half time, 5 to 9 credit hours (10+ is full time)
Check your enrollment status to be sure you're meeting your enrollment minimum.
The following links will provide you with more details about the financial aid process.
- Types of Aid (including how to apply)
- Estimating College Costs (including how aid is determined)
- Special Circumstances
Here is some useful information to help you apply for financial aid at CU Boulder:
- Financial aid offers emailed to new students as early as March
- Grants, scholarships and work-study automatically accepted for you while loans must be accepted in (once you have access)
- Federal Graduate PLUS loans require an
- Federal Direct Loans and Federal Graduate PLUS loans require a Master Promissory Note (MPN) and entrance counseling to be completed, but typically this only has to be signed the first time a loan is borrowed.
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