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Law School Financial Aid FAQs

  • Step 1: File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or a renewal FAFSA. Remember to include North Carolina Central University’s federal school code: 002950. The FAFSA form will generate a Student Aid Report (SAR) for your record.
  • Step 2: If additional forms are needed, you will be notified via email. Once your file is complete, you will receive an award offer letter email.

  • No. However, you will not receive an award letter from the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid until after you have been admitted.

  • Yes. Your financial need must be determined every year. Your financial circumstances may change each year; therefore, you must submit a new FAFSA each year.

  • After you are admitted, the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid will send you an email if your financial application is incomplete and additional information is required.

  • Each year, the FAFSA opens on Oct. 1. You must submit a FAFSA in order to be to be considered for financial assistance.

  • The general rule is that to qualify as a resident of North Carolina for tuition purposes, a person must become a legal resident and remain one for at least 12 months. The basis for determining the appropriate tuition charge rests on whether a student is a North Carolina resident or a non-resident.
  • In compliance with state law, the University of North Carolina System requires that students request a residency classification from the Residency Determination Service (RDS). RDS is the entity responsible for all new classifications of residency in North Carolina. Each applicant must complete the process with the Residency Determination Service. After completion of the RDS, you will receive a residency number. You must enter that residency number on your application. The staff in the Office of Admissions does not have the authority to determine whether you are a North Carolina resident or a non-resident.

  • No. The Office of Scholarships and Student Aid (OSSA) will use the FAFSA that you completed for the academic year. Your FAFSA is used to determine your financial need for the academic year and the summer sessions.
  • The OSSA has a paperless application process for the summer sessions. After you complete the paperless application for the summer sessions, the OSSA will offer you student loans based upon the summer session(s) for which you have registered. Students must view and accept award offers for summer school using their myEOL account.

  • Yes. NCCU Law offers scholarships to incoming students who demonstrate exceptional merit as well as financial need. To retain these three-year scholarships (for six semesters), a returning student must remain in good academic standing. The North Carolina Central University School of Law makes an outstanding legal education accessible to students through scholarship support.

  • As a graduate/professional school student, you may borrow up to $20,500 for each academic year from the Federal Direct Loan program. In addition, you may borrow a Federal Graduate PLUS loan up to your remaining cost of attendance. It is important for you to establish a budget. We strongly encourage you review your outstanding undergraduate loans and consumer debt and only borrow the minimum amount that you need.

  • The University’s Veterans Affairs office coordinator can be reached at [email protected]. If you have questions about using your veterans’ benefits, you may contact the Veterans Affairs office directly with your questions.

  • No, North Carolina Central University does not certify any private or alternative loans.

  • Non-validated means that you have not made satisfactory payment arrangements for the bill on your student account. Unless you make satisfactory payment towards your tuition balance, you will be non-validated. If you are using student loans, you may have outstanding requirements that you must complete; check your account in Banner 9 via myEOL. Also it is possible that you will need to setup a payment arrangement with Student Accounting or make a payment.

  • To be “validated” means that your financial obligations to the University are cleared to attend classes.
  • Make sure that you have paid all tuition and fees from previous semesters or that you have made a satisfactory payment arrangement for your tuition and fees.
  • If your balance is not paid in full by the deadline set by the Student Accounting Office, then you must setup a satisfactory payment arrangement with Student Accounting to be validated to remain enrolled.

  • Yes, all payment plans are set up directly with the university’s Student Accounting Office. Please contact the Student Accounting Office with your questions about how to set up a payment plan.

  • No. NCCU Law scholarships are need based; therefore, you must submit a FAFSA to establish your unmet financial need. Only U.S. citizens and eligible permanent residents may submit a FAFSA or apply for Federal student loans.
  • It is important to note that the Law School cannot assist you in securing a private educational loan.

  • International students are not U.S. citizens and are not eligible non-citizens. International students may encounter unusual challenges in financing their legal education. Early financial planning is essential for each international student. We encourage international students to investigate all available options for financial support from their home countries and with external funding organizations. International students may find various sources of financial assistance via external resources like the Fulbright Foreign Student Program.