Office of Financial Aid
Ithaca College
330 Egbert Hall
Ithaca, NY 14850
800-429-4275
finaid@ithaca.edu
Office of the Bursar
Ithaca College
210 Job Hall
Ithaca NY, 14850
Phone: (607) 274-3135
Fax: (607)?274-1709
bursar@ithaca.edu
Federal and need-based institutional financial aid is available to qualified students who wish to enroll for summer study at Ithaca for any of the sessions except the two-week session in May. Note that deadlines for aid are early, and it is the student’s responsibility to submit completed application forms in a timely manner.
Additional information on policies and procedures and detailed information on aid programs, as well as assistance information for international and extramural (nonmatriculated) students, can be obtained from the financial aid office.
Because continuing matriculated students may preregister online for summer courses without making payment, it is strongly recommended that students applying for financial aid not register for courses prior to receiving a tentative or official financial aid award notification from the financial aid office.
Institutional assistance for the summer sessions is very limited. Students desiring such aid must submit both an Ithaca College summer school aid application and the FAFSA. The deadline for filing the summer school aid application is April 1. A student must be enrolled for at least 6 credits to be considered for assistance, except for the federal Pell grant program and federal Perkins loan.
Ithaca College ALANA, Dean’s, President’s, Flora Brown, Patrick Conway, William Daetsch, John Harcourt, L. Hill and A. Newens, Shirley Hockett, Rod Serling, and Carl Sgrecci scholarships cannot be utilized during the summer sessions. A student who uses a federal Pell grant, Stafford loan, Perkins loan, or New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) grant during the summer sessions may reduce the funding available to him or her from these sources during the following fall and spring semesters and/or affect aggregate limits in the future.
Graduate students who apply for loans for summer study should do so, if at all possible, at least seven weeks before the beginning of study. Complete and accurate information must be provided for timely processing of the loan application and subsequent disbursement of loan funds. A student whose financial aid and/or payments exceed the summer sessions charges may be eligible for an advance of up to $2,000, but only after classes have begun. A student who has been awarded an assistantship may be eligible to receive an advance up to an amount equal to the assistantship. Contact the financial aid office to find out how to apply for financial aid; if requesting an aid advance, contact the bursar.
Graduate students are notified of these awards by a letter from their graduate chair. Since assistantships are given for a specific summer session, it is the student’s responsibility to register only for the session specified in the award letter.
Assistantships consist of two parts. The tax-free portion is a scholarship and is applied directly to the student’s account. The taxable portion is a salary for services performed as a graduate assistant. The assistantship salary may not be applied toward the payment of summer tuition.
Some veterans of the armed forces and children of certain deceased or disabled veterans may be eligible for benefits from the United States Veterans Administration. Information and applications for benefits may be obtained from the nearest VA office. Applicants approved for benefits by the VA must process papers through the registrar’s office.
Eligible Ithaca College employees, spouses, and dependent children under the age of 25 must complete and have an approved tuition remission form (available from the Office of Human Resources). For continuing, matriculated students registering online, the financial aid office will be automatically notified of approval. Extramural students must bring the approved tuition remission form with them to the summer sessions office when they register.
Note: The tuition remission benefit cannot be used for independent studies, tutorials, internships, performance studies, or any other type of individualized study. Contact the benefits department for eligibility requirements.
Cooperating teachers who hold tuition waivers may use them only for class-room courses and workshops in which a minimum number of tuition-paying students are enrolled. Waivers cannot be applied to independent studies, internships, or performance studies.
