Financial Aid and Scholarships
Finance your education at Boise State University
2024-2025 Financial aid offers have begun. Please watch myBoiseState, your Student Center, and your BroncoMail for notifications of an award.
Resource Links
Graduate Students
Upcoming Dates
- 2024-2025 FAFSA is now open –Â Please visit studentaid.gov to fill out your aid application for the upcoming year.
- UPDATE, 2024-2025 Award Notifications have begun – Watch my.BoiseState, your Student Center, and BroncoMail for award notifications.
- April 30, 2024 – Summer 2024, Recommended deadline to finalize summer schedule for first sessions disbursement date.
- May 1, 2024 – Summer 2024, Earliest disbursement for students who are enrolled in the 1st 3-week, 1st 7-week or 14-week sessions.
- May 1, 2024 – Spring 2024, Last day to request an additional Direct Loan for spring semester.
- May 3, 2024 – Spring 2024, Last day of Final Exams and last date for disbursement of spring aid until semester grades are final.
- May 3, 2024 – 2024-2025, Last day for students to work using 2023-2024 work-study awards for all students who are not enrolled at least half-time in summer. New work-study hiring paperwork is needed for continuing work-study employees with a new 2024-2025 award before you continue working on or after July 1.
- Early May – 2024-2025, Complete exit counseling session if you are graduating and have received a Direct Loan at Boise State. You will receive a letter or email with information about what is required.
- UPDATE Early May 2024 – 2024-2025, Initial work-study awards will be automatically awarded to eligible students, as funding permits. Watch my.BoiseState and BroncoMail for award notifications and instructions to accept the award. Unaccepted work-study awards may be canceled after 30 days. Funding for the program is limited and not guaranteed for all eligible students.
- May 2024 – 2024-2025, Work-study waitlist request will open for all students who did not receive an initial award. Funding for the program is limited and not guaranteed for all eligible students.
- May 20, 2024 – Summer 2024, Earliest disbursement for students whose first/earliest summer enrollment is the 1st 5-week or 10-week sessions.
- End of May – Summer 2024, Disbursements for students who have a SAP warning or plan and attended Spring 2024, after grades are official and Summer financial aid is evaluated for eligibility.
- June 1, 2024 – 2024-2025, Deadline for accepting 2024-2025 admissions scholarships.
- June 8, 2024 – Summer 2024, Last day for students to work using 2023-2024 work-study awards. New work-study hiring paperwork is needed for continuing work-study employees with a new 2024-2025 award before you continue working on or after July 1.
- June 9, 2024 11:59 p.m. – Summer 2024, Summer Census Date: All credits are locked in by this deadline to be considered for summer Pell Grant and Direct Loans (federal student aid).
- June 15, 2024 – Summer 2024, Deadline to submit a Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) appeal for Summer 2024 financial aid eligibility.
- June 15, 2024 – Fall 2024, Electronic notification to resident and transfer nonresident students of Fall 2024 scholarship awards. Watch my.BoiseState, your Student Center, or BroncoMail for notification.
For more information see our Dates and Deadlines.
News and Updates
FAFSA Simplification Act
Changes to the FAFSA were made this year due to the FAFSA Simplification Act that was passed by Congress in 2021, along with updates to the processes and systems used to award federal student aid for the 2024–2025 award year. With these changes, the FAFSA application for 2024-2025 was delayed significantly. We are currently anticipating that the Department of Education will start sending us the application files they have received in mid-March and will begin awarding as soon as we can afterward. Please refer to StudentAid.gov for the most up to date information and news regarding the 2024-2025 FAFSA.
Student Loan Repayment Updates
Review Repaying Student Loans 101 for important concepts, tips, and recommendations for repaying your student loans. Payments had been paused for three years, but most people had to start paying again beginning in October 2023.
A New Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Plan
The Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan provides nearly all student borrowers with the lowest monthly payments of any IDR plan. Borrowers on the REPAYE Plan will automatically get the benefits of the new SAVE Plan.
Other federal student loan programs
The Supreme Court blocked the one-time debt relief plan (you may also know this as the forgiveness of up to $20,000 for Pell Grant borrowers). But you may be able to get help repaying your loans, including full loan forgiveness, through other federal student loan programs.
Beware of scams
You might be contacted by a company saying they will help you get loan discharge, forgiveness, cancellation, or debt relief for a fee. You never have to pay for help with your federal student aid. Make sure you work only with the U.S. Department of Education, the office of Federal Student Aid, and our loan servicers, and never reveal your personal information or account password to anyone. Learn how to avoid scams and what you can do if you’re contacted by a scammer.
Emails to borrowers come from noreply@studentaid.gov, noreply@debtrelief.studentaid.