Scholarships
Student Success Scholarship - Earn a $1000 Scholarship for Completing Your First Year with 30 Credits and a 3.0 GPA
Institutional scholarships: scholarships awarded by the admissions department.
Academic department scholarships and awards: Awards offered annually through select academic departments.
Foundation scholarships: Awards made possible by donors to the William Paterson University Foundation.
Scholarships for Continuing Students
Loans
Direct Loan Policy Change!
This year we will introduce ACTIVE ACCEPTANCE of Federal Direct Stafford Loans. This means that students MUST sign into WP Connect to ACCEPT their Federal Direct Student Loans. You will be presented with 3 options:
1. Accept Full Awards, 2. Decline Awards, or 3. Accept Partial Awards. Click here for more informaiton.
Spring 2015 Financial Aid Bookstore Deferment
CLOSED!
DEADLINE: February 11th, 2015
Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeal Guidelines
Appeal Deadlines:
Fall 2015 - August 15th, 2015
Spring 2016 - December 15th, 2015
Spring 2015 : CLOSED!
Unemployment Waiver Program
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Apply for Aid
Graduate Students
Eligibility requirements for Direct Unsubsidized Stafford loans are that you must be enrolled at least half-time in graduate courses to be eligible for Direct Loan Program funds. Undergraduate courses will not be covered by federal financial aid funds.
What's New
New Financial Aid Process
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IRS Data Retrieval Tool | FAFSA - Step by Step Instructions