Important Dates for Financial Aid

October

• 10/1 - Scholarship Opportunities available online

December

• Late December - The 2025-26 FAFSA will open on or before Dec. 1, 2024
  

February

• 2/17 - Summer Financial Aid Application is available online
• 2/20 - Deadline for submitting admissions credentials (including official ACT or SAT test results) for incoming freshman who wish to be considered for University Freshman Academic Scholarships
• 2/20 - Last day for incoming freshman to apply to BGSU scholarships for 2025-26 school year
• 2/20 - BGSU’s priority FAFSA application deadline for incoming freshman for 2025-26 school year
• 2/28 -  Last day for current students to apply to BGSU scholarships
• 2/28 -  BGSU priority FAFSA application deadline for continuing students for the 2025-26 school year

March

• Mid-March SFA begins sending Financial Aid offers to incoming freshmen students for the 2025-26 school year

April

• Early April SFA begins sending Financial Aid offers to current students with a completed FAFSA

May

• Early May - Master Promissory Note and Entrance Counseling for first-time Federal Direct Loan borrowers available online.
• Early May - SFA begins processing Federal Direct Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) for those parents who have submitted a Federal Direct PLUS Loan Application online.

June

• Mid June - Complete loan applications and submit any pending To-Do list documents that are required

July

• 7/1 - Fall bills issued and available in students' MyBGSU

August

• 8/1 - Payment due date for fall semester tuition, fees, and University housing