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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Spring 2022 Full-Tuition and Honors Scholars
If you are a Full-Tuition or an Honors Scholarship recipient, we will adjust your scholarship based on the number of credits in which you are registered at that time. If...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Spring 2022 Semester Disbursements and Refunds
Your Spring 2022 financial aid funds will be disbursed to your student account approximately 10 days before the start of classes as long as your financial aid file is complete...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Credit Check Processing for Borrowers with a Credit Freeze
As a result of recent data breach events and heightened security concerns, many consumers are understandably taking steps to protect their personally identifiable information (PII). One of those steps may...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Fall 2021 Semester Financial Aid Deadline
If you wish to borrow federal financial aid for the Fall 2021 semester, you must accept your financial aid award offer(s) via the myIIT portal and have any necessary documentation...
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Attention December Grads – Exit Counseling Requirements!!
All students who are set to graduate in the Fall 2021 semester, who have submitted an Application for Graduation and have borrowed Federal Loans at the IIT Downtown Campus are...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
UPDATE! 2021-2022 Changes to Origination Fees
**Please disregard the Origination Fees entry in the October 11 th version of The Record and note this week’s change in the academic year. There will be no change in...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
2022-2023 Changes to Origination Fees
There will be no change in the Origination Fees for Direct Loans in 2022. The fee will remain at 1.057% for the Federal Unsubsidized Loan, and 4.228 % for the...
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Academic and Student Programs
2022-2023 FAFSA Available October 1, 2021
The 2022-2022 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now available. In order to be considered for federal financial aid for the 2022-2023 academic year, you must complete the...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
2020-2021 FAFSA No Longer Available
The 2020-2021 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is no longer available: the 2020-2021 academic year has concluded.
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Complete the 2021-2022 FAFSA
In order to be considered for federal financial aid for the 2021-2022 academic year, you must complete the 2021-2022 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Please remember to add...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Federal Student Loans versus Private Education Loans
The Office of Financial Aid strongly encourages students to apply for federal financial aid when eligible by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for each academic year...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. Students may complete the FERPA Release Form to grant permission...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
HEERF Grant Funding – UPDATE!
At this time, there is a limited amount of funds remaining for student emergency grants as allocated through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CSSRA) Act. The CRRSA specifically...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Summer 2021 Reminder
In order to be considered for federal financial aid for the Summer 2021 term, you must have completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for 2020-2021. You may...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Summer Federal Work Study
For the summer period prior to June 30th, 2021, eligibility for Federal Work Study (FWS) is based on your 2020-2021 FAFSA. For the summer period after June 30th, 2021, eligibility...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Summer 2021 Scholarship Information
If you enroll in Summer 2021 Session courses, your scholarship will automatically be applied to your financial aid award at the rate of $1,500 per course, approximately a week after...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Summer 2021 Awarding Reminder
At Chicago-Kent College, the Summer semester is the trailing/ending term of the given academic year. Therefore, in order to obtain federal financial aid for Summer, you must have completed the...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
2020-2021 FAFSA and 2021-2022 FAFSA Available
If you are planning on enrolling in Summer 2021 courses and you wish to borrow federal financial aid, please be sure you have completed your 2020-2021 Free Application for Federal...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
HEERF Grant Funding
The CRRSA specifically designates funds under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) model to distribute direct grant assistance to students to assist with any component of a student’s cost...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Update to Financial Aid Deadlines
You must submit all necessary documentation and have your Financial Aid file complete no later than Tuesday, April 27 th, 2021 in order to fulfill the processing of any federal...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
2020-2021 FAFSA Still Available
If you are planning on enrolling in Summer 2021 courses and you wish to borrow federal financial aid, please be sure you have completed your 2020-2021 FAFSA. You may still...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
2021-2022 FAFSA Available
In order to qualify for financial aid for the 2021-2022 academic year (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Summer 2022), you must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) each...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Financial Aid Deadlines
You must submit all necessary documentation and have your Financial Aid file complete no later than Tuesday, April 27 th, 2021 in order to complete the processing of any federal...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Securing Your Sensitive Documents
Encrypting or password protecting your files is a method of securing your information to ensure that only individuals with authorization are able to view and/or edit files. The Office of...
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Student Services and Administrative Offices
Summer 2021 Awarding
At Chicago-Kent College, the Summer semester is the trailing/ending term of the given academic year. Therefore, in order to obtain federal financial aid for Summer, you must have completed the...