Apply for Financial Aid

Continuing undergraduate students need to register or pre-register for at least six credits in a degree program before the Office of Financial Aid can review their information. 

The Free Application For Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) should be completed and submitted online. 

The FAFSA opens each year on October 1 and continuing UAlbany undergraduates must complete the FAFSA by January 1. 

The University at Albany Federal School Code to be entered on the FAFSA is 002835. 

If prompted, use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) to automatically load your federal income information to the FAFSA. This streamlines the application and eliminates the potential need to submit tax documents to the Office of Financial Aid. 

Have your Federal Student Aid ID (FSA ID) ready to electronically sign the FAFSA. Dependent students will need an FSA ID for themselves and one parent. 

New York State residents may link to the New York State Grants and Scholarships application at the end of the FAFSA. This application will determine your eligibility for NYS aid, including the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP).  

Students can also file their TAP application via the Higher Education Services Corporation website. 

The undergraduate NYS Grants and Scholarships school code for UAlbany is 0895. 

Once UAlbany receives and processes the FAFSA, items may appear on the MyUAlbany Important Notices list. Financial aid processing cannot continue until these items are completed. 

Important Notices can be documentation requests, problems with your FAFSA that need to be fixed or processes that need to be completed by the student or parent. 

The student will receive notifications until the items are completed. Students can click each item in the Important Item list to get more detailed information on what’s needed to move forward. 

Important Notices can appear at any point during the aid processing cycle. Items most commonly appear on the Important Notices list after the FAFSA is filed and also after students accept their Financial Aid Award. 

Once you submit the requested documentation, or satisfy the outstanding request(s), we aim to review your documents within two weeks. Peak times, such as August, may result in processing delays. Please monitor your email for important updates or subsequent requests for information. 

If Important Notices are not resolved, it could prevent your award or refund being processed and/or applied to your account. 

Requested documents should always be submitted online, unless otherwise noted. The student's nine-digit UAlbany ID should appear on each page submitted. 

You will receive notification via email and/or text message on how to upload these documents. 

Note: For the protection of your information, students and parents are advised not to send documents with private information such as tax data, social security numbers or citizenship verification via email. 

If you need to speak with a financial aid advisor, please email [email protected] or make an appointment using EAB Navigate.

On MyUAlbany, students can review their financial aid and accept, reduce or decline their financial aid award offers. For information on how to accept awards, please visit the Accepting Awards page. 

Once you’ve completed all the above steps, please visit our Financial Aid page for information on securing the aid you're awarded and applying for additional financial aid.