Financial Aid Update
Extension of Fall Billing Deadline
To assist you and your family during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have pushed back our fall billing deadlines. We hope that this later due date will make it easier for you to plan and make financial arrangements.
- Financial Aid filing deadline is now June 30, 2020
- All bills will be issued on July 10, 2020.
- Your new billing due date is August 3, 2020.
In the meantime, you can check the student portal to see your fall bill. Please remember that the bill is based on your fall course registration, as well as the costs for housing and meal plans during the semester. Any changes you make to your registration or housing, will be reflected in your bill on the student portal immediately.
Further information will be sent to your billing mailing address on file.
If you have questions about FAFSA or your financial aid offer letter, contact the Financial Aid Office at 207.941.7156 or finaid@husson.edu
For questions about your bill or payment plans, contact the Student Accounts Office at 207.941.7150 or accounts@husson.edu.
Extension of FAFSA Deadline
To better serve the needs of our students, we have extended our financial aid deadline for returning students from April 15 to June 30, 2020. If you haven't already filed your FAFSA for the 2020-21 year, please do so today at studentaid.gov/fafsa.
Campus Visits
To protect your health and safety and that of our students and community, Husson University will not be open for face-to-face visits. However, all of our offices are fully functioning and our staff is available to help you navigate the financial aid process.
Please contact 207.941.7156 or finaid@husson.edu for more information or to schedule a Zoom meeting.
Information regarding the CARES Act and students of Husson University
As many of you know, approximately $2.6 million in financial support will be distributed to Husson University through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund to address the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This fund was created as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) enacted by Congress on March 27, 2020.
As required by the CARES Act, half of the funding will be used for emergency financial aid grants to students. The University is overseeing the distribution of these grants. Other colleges and universities will be doing the same with any funding they receive through the CARES Act.
The guidance about how to distribute these grants was recently released on April 21, 2020 by the Department of Education. The funds Husson University can share with students have not been released yet. While we await this funding, Husson University is beginning work on fair and equitable standards based on the guidance provided by the Department of Education that would determine the size of each qualifying student’s grant.
Once the parameters for funding have been determined, we will be reaching out to students with information about any grants that may be awarded. We thank you for your patience as we work to coordinate all of the details associated with the distribution of these funds.
