How to Apply for Financial Aid

File your FAFSA over the Internet at www.fafsa.gov; you will need to obtain an FSA ID (a username and password) to be able to access and sign your FAFSA.

You may visit us either at our Edinburg or Brownsville locations for one-on-one electronic FAFSA submittal assistance. All required documents must be submitted before any aid can be awarded. Some applications are selected for verification of information submitted on the application.

If you are classified as a Texas Resident under Senate Bill 1528 law, you must complete a TASFA application. The TASFA application can be obtained online under the Financial Aid Forms section at www.utrgv.edu/finaid.

In order to apply for summer institutional grants, you must submit a Summer Notification at www.utrgv.edu/finaid in addition to a FAFSA or TASFA. The Summer Notification is available yearly on December 15.

Additional Information on the Federal Verification Procedure

As stated above, some FAFSA applicants are selected for verification. Verification is the process in which the school’s financial aid office requests documentation from students based on the information provided on the FAFSA application submitted to Department of Education. If an applicant has been selected for verification, we will notify them by email and via their ASSIST account. In most cases the documents used to verify information are the prior year’s federal tax return transcript and a Verification Worksheet; additional documents may be requested depending upon the information to be verified. Applicants are asked to submit the requested information within two weeks. The financial aid application is considered incomplete until verification is completed; that is, no aid offer will be made until verification is complete. To expedite the processing of financial aid prior to the beginning of the fall semester, students are highly encouraged to contact the Financial Aid office.

If corrections must be made as a result of verification, corrections to the ISIR will be submitted to the federal processor. If an aid offer must be adjusted because of information submitted as part of the verification process, the applicant will be notified via email through a revised Financial Aid Notification.

The UTRGV School Code for the FAFSA is 003599.