Applying for Financial Aid

Applying for Undergraduate Aid

Federal financial aid is available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. We encourage all students to complete the 2025-2026 FAFSA^® , or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, by March 15, 2025, which is the priority deadline. The State aid priority deadline is February 15, 2025. The 2025-2026 FAFSA is currently available to all students. 

You must complete the FAFSA^® annually when you wish to apply for aid. For the 2025-26 FAFSA, the income information required will be based on 2023 (called prior prior year or PPY). New students, please wait until you have been admitted to the University of Dallas to submit your financial aid documentation (e.g. FAFSA®) as you cannot be awarded until you are admitted to a degree-seeking program. 

While the 2025-26 priority deadline for all undergraduate students is March 15, 2025 (February 15, 2025 for state grants), UD will accept FAFSA^® submissions after this date. However, not all types of aid will be available to students who submit their FAFSA^® after the priority date.
The school code for UD is 003651.

If you have questions about your status and eligibility, please do not hesitate to contact our office. Eligibility for federal, state, and institutional programs is based on the submission of a FAFSA^® (or TASFA, if applicable. See below). Students from families of mixed immigration status, please click HERE to view a resource designed to help you understand eligibility for federal financial aid and how information from the FAFSA^® is used.

More information on types of aid, amounts, and ongoing eligibility can be found in the University Bulletin (Undergraduate Scholarships and Financial Aid section). University of Dallas does not require the CSS Profile. 

We will review your FAFSA^® to determine financial aid amounts

UD uses the FAFSA^® as well as year in school, enrollment status, and cost of attendance (COA) to determine aid offers.

Financial Need as determined by the FAFSA^® helps UD determine how much a student can receive in need-based funds such as the Pell Grant, SEOG, federal work-study, Federal Direct Subsidized Loan, Texas Tuition Equalization Grant, etc. The federal unsubsidized loan is not need based. Combined financial aid cannot exceed your total Cost of Attendance. 

New students will receive an email notification detailing how to view their financial aid offer. We expect notifications to start going out in early February based on the current FAFSA timeline. Please check your preferred email for updates at that time after submitting your FAFSA^®. 

Returning undergraduate students will receive an email notification of their financial aid offer after April 1^st. If you wish to accept and/or decline the financial aid offer, you must login to BannerWeb and do so in the Financial Aid section. Please check your UD email for updates. Failure to check your email regularly could result in a delay in processing your financial aid.

If you are selected for verification, see the "Selected for Verification" section below, we will need additional information before eligibility can be determined.

Special and Unusual Circumstances

We recognize that the FAFSA^® may not always accurately reflect your current financial situation or that there may be circumstances that affect your dependency status. Click on the heading above to see what constitutes Special and Unusual Circumstances.

Accepting Federal Direct Loans (subsidized or unsubsidized)

If you accept your Federal Direct Loan(s) and you are a new borrower at UD, you will be required to complete a Federal Direct Loan Master Promissory Note (MPN) and Direct Loan Entrance Counseling at studentaid.gov. Failure to do so will keep your loan from disbursing to your account, and ultimately in the cancellation of your loan.

Non-US Citizens & Non-Permanent Residents 

If you are not a US citizen or permanent resident, but you are classified as a Texas resident and therefore are eligible to pay the Texas in-state tuition rate, use the TASFA.

• 2024-2025 TASFA - English
• 2024-2025 TASFA - Spanish

We will include the 2025/2026 TAFSA once it is available. To use this application, your classification as a Texas resident must not be due to a waiver, such as an in-state scholarship or an assistantship.

If you have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), we encourage you to complete the FAFSA^®. Although DACA students are not eligible for federal student aid, you still may be eligible for state or college aid, and submitting a FAFSA^® can help you access those other types of aid. To begin your FAFSA^®, you must enter your Social Security Number. While completing the FAFSA^®, you must answer the "Are you a US citizen?" question as "No, I am not a citizen or eligible noncitizen". If you filed taxes for 2022 (24/25) or for 2023 (25/26), you may also be able to transfer your tax information using IRS Direct Data Exchange (DDX) on the FAFSA^®.

Selected for Verification

The federal government selects FAFSA^® submissions to be verified by the Office of Financial Aid. Our school may also select FAFSA^® submissions to be verified. During verification, a financial aid counselor must confirm that certain data elements on the FAFSA^® are correct before a student may receive any financial aid. In order to have payment arrangements made by the tuition due date, please turn in all requested verification items by the deadlines below.

Failure to submit documentation by the final verification deadline may result in loss of financial aid eligibility. Our office is not required to complete verification after the final deadline has passed. Students may appeal to the Director of Financial Aid for an extension to the deadline. 

Official tax return information from the IRS is required as part of the verification process. If you where able to use the IRS Direct Data Exchange (DDX) when completing your FAFSA^® online, you do not need to submit further tax information. If the DDX was not successful when you completed your FAFSA^®, the Verification Worksheet provides further instructions on how to submit your tax information.