Office of Student Financial Services | Brooklyn Campus

Welcome to the Website of the Office of Student Financial Services - one that we hope you find informative, easy to use, and one that will become your resource guide to the various state, federal and institutional financial aid programs.

With such a wide variety of financial resources available to students today, we wanted to create a website that would offer the best information on how to apply for awards, how to continue to get them each year, and where to look for new sources of funding. For most students, the first step in the application process begins with the electronic completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Our site has a direct link to FAFSA on the Web (the federal government’s website), where you may electronically complete the FAFSA.

The Brochures, Office Form, and Other Links option on our website allows you to print out any of the myriad of brochures and office forms that you may wish to review as you pursue your financial aid funding. We have provided several scholarship search sites for you to visit as well and hope you can take advantage of outside awards.

We hope you have a chance to read our Financial Aid Newsletter which is also available on-line, and to visit some of the other offerings we have provided. Complete Long Island University scholarship and grant information is available (see Scholarship and Grant Programs), as is a review of the federal and state financial aid programs (see Federal, State and Campus-Based Financial Aid Programs). Applying for financial aid generally means meeting a deadline date, and we have provided these dates for the different financial aid programs on our Deadline Dates option.

In our Financial Aid Basics option, you can learn about how we determine who is eligible for financial aid, what type of financial aid "packaging" we offer to students, what our yearly average estimated cost of attendance is, and a myriad of other information about financial aid in general. We also review good academic standing regulations, our refund and withdrawal policy, and the various other checks and balances used by the University to keep students in good standing for financial aid purposes.

You can also learn all about borrowing loans for school by viewing our Educational Loans option and you can see the answers to the most frequently asked questions by viewing FAQ. Our Resources option provides you with many references to other Internet sites for financial aid information, and to publications available in the L.I.U. Library, etc. Paying for a college education can also provide a family with some Tax Relief and this option will give you some background on the new tax initiatives recently passed that benefit students and families.

We hope you have a chance to visit all sections of our site, and we welcome your comments and suggestions. Welcome to Long Island University and most especially, to our site!