Information About Federal and State Financial Aid

 

Federal and state financial aid consists of grants and loans. Grants are free money based on need, and loans have to be repaid.

Grants
    • Federal Grants
    • State Grants

Loans
    • Long Term Loans - Low interest loans deferred while you are in school.
   

UTEP also provides gap-funding to help students who have financial need  to assist them with their cost of tuition and fees.
    • UTEP Grant

Workstudy

This web page also provides information that may help you understand your eligibility and rights with respect to federal and state financial aid. These information resources are:

Financial Aid Eligibility - General requirements a student must meet before they can be considered for financial assistance.

Rights and Responsibilities - Useful financial aid and institutional information such as when applications are due, how financial aid is distributed, satisfactory academic process, graduation statistics, etc.

Determining Need - Standard formulas for calculating the amount of financial aid a student is eligible to receive.

Satisfactory Academic Progress - Academic requirements necessary to continue receiving aid.

Awarding Financial Aid - The financial aid package

Other Financial Aid Resources - Alternative programs

More Important Information - Reporting address changes, changes in a student's financial aid, withdrawing or dropping classes, transient and concurrent enrollment, money managment.

Forms - Financial Aid Authorization, Consortium Agreement, Dependency Override/Renewal, Verfication of Federal Student Aid, Income Adjustment Application, International Texas Public Education Grant, Student Reporting Outside Resources, Alternative Student Loan Supplemental Application, Application for Educational Aide Exemption, Fifth-Year Accountancy Scholarship, VA Educational Benefits.

Pre-loan/Exit Loan Counseling - Information regarding Perkins Loans and Stafford loans including deadlines, couseling session dates and times, TG Loans by Web.

Emergency Tuition/Book Loans

For more information, return to Paying for College.