Summer Financial Aid
If you are taking coursework during the summer semester and would like to apply for financial aid, please refer to the following information.*
Pell Grant
If you did not utilize a full time PELL award in fall or spring, you may have some remaining eligibility for summer. Once you schedule for summer, we will package any remaining eligibility you may have. This is an automatic occurrence. You do not need to request this aid or complete any additional forms.
State Grant
Applications for the Summer Pennsylvania state grant are available only online at http://www.pheaa.org/tools-resources/account-access/index.shtml. On the right hand side of the web page in the Account Access box, existing users may log in to their account. New users will need to create an account. Under the SIGN IN button there is a Create account link. Once signed in, students may view their current state grant application and information as well as apply for a state grant for the summer semester. The deadline to apply is August 15th of each year. You must be enrolled for a minimum of 6 credits during the summer and be enrolled for at least EIGHT WEEKS (two of the three summer terms) to meet the enrollment requirements for a summer PHEAA Grant; and at least 50% of the credits must be in-classroom instruction for the term (coursework coded as online or blended will not count as in-classroom instruction).
Eligibility for the PA state grant is limited to eight full time semester awards or four academic years of funding. Please be advised that if you opt to use a state grant in the summer you will be using all or a portion of one of these eight semesters of eligibility.
Federal Direct Student Loans
Please complete a Summer Federal Direct Loan Application and submit to the Financial Aid office. NOTE: In order to qualify you must be enrolled in a minimum of six (6) credits at SHIPPENSUBRG UNIVERSITY, have remaining Federal Student Loan eligibility, and meet Academic Progress Requirements.
Federal Direct PLUS Loans
If you are interested in either a Parent PLUS Loan or Graduate PLUS Loan please visit www.studentloans.gov and submit a request for a Direct PLUS Loan. If this is the first time completing a PLUS Loan request and it is approved, a PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note must be completed prior to loan funds disbursing. Be sure to include the amount desired and indicate a summer loan period on the PLUS Loan request. NOTE: In order to qualify you must be enrolled in a minimum of six (6) credits at SHIPPENSUBRG UNIVERSITY and meet Academic Progress Requirements.
Alternative Education Loans
Students with zero (0) remaining Federal Student Loan eligibility or those taking less than six (6) summer semester credits at SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY may apply for an Alternative Education Loan. Please complete an application with your lender of choice and be sure to identify the loan period as being summer. A summer loan period for most lenders begins in May and ends in August.
*If you are planning on studying at another college or university over the summer, please be advised that we cannot process financial aid for you unless you are:
- in an approved Study Abroad program.
- enrolled in one of the approved Degree Completion Programs: Marine Science Summer Program, Social Work Cohort, Health Care Administration, BS/BA Business Administration or General Management, and Medical Technology.
- are student teaching at another school in the PASSHE system.
- are on an internship with the Washington Center.
- are taking courses NOT offered at Shippensburg University and they are approved by your department for use toward your degree at Shippensburg.