• How Financial Aid Works

Our financial aid professionals offer a variety of services to helping students and their families finance a Suffolk University education. We can’t complete forms for you, but we can answer your questions and explain procedures.

As you prepare your application and financial aid forms, please remember that interacting with the Financial Aid Office is a complex and time-consuming process. There are numerous forms, deadlines and regulations. Much of what we do is mandated by Federal or state law, and the University is required to comply with established legal requirements.

Advance Notice on Information Requests

On occasion, a student may need a financial aid transcript, fee waiver, or a letter detailing need and/or award information. It is important to plan ahead in such cases since, during peak periods, it can take up to ten working days to accommodate such requests. Please forward any requests for information two weeks prior to the date you need it.

Notification and Revision

Suffolk University considers it the students’ responsibility to ensure that all necessary forms are submitted to the Financial Aid Office on or before the deadlines. Suffolk University assumes no responsibility for notifying applicants on the status of aid applications. Receipts are available for any form submitted or mailed to the Financial Aid Office. We highly recommended students applying for aid obtain receipts. We also recommended that you make photocopies and keep a file of all forms submitted. Suffolk University reserves the right to revoke or revise a financial aid award at any time. We also reserve the right to revise or terminate any University funded program at any time.