Financial Aid

To apply for federal student aid, such as federal grants and work-study, you need to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Completing and submitting the FAFSA is free and easier than ever, and it gives you access to the largest source of financial aid to pay for college.

All UTTC students are required to submit a FAFSA each school year.

Yes! You must reapply for financial aid each year by completing the Renewal Application for Federal Student Aid (if you receive one from the federal processor) or by completing the next year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA online).

No. You can apply for financial aid any time after October 1st for the following school year. To receive awards, you must be admitted and enrolled at United Tribes Technical College. 

The EFC is calculated from the information you entered on the FAFSA. 

The EFC is calculated according to a formula established by law. Your family’s taxed and untaxed income, assets, and benefits (such as unemployment or Social Security) all could be considered in the formula. Also considered are your family size and the number of family members who will attend college or career school during the year. The EFC Formula guide shows exactly how an EFC is calculated.

Your EFC is not the amount of money your family will have to pay for college, nor is it the amount of federal student aid you will receive. It is a number used to calculate how much financial aid you are eligible to receive.

The IRS Data Retrieval Tool allows students and parents to access the IRS tax return information needed to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and transfer the data directly into their FAFSA from the IRS Web site.

To use the IRS DRT, you will enter your address for the tax year exactly as it appears on the tax return. Your filing status and name must also match the information that is on the tax return.

If you are selected for Verification and you have used the IRS DRT, you will not need to provide copies of your tax information to us. This is because the DRT transfers income and tax information directly from the IRS, so we will not have to verify income information. 

Your application is processed by the Department of Education and then sent to United Tribes Technical College so that eligibility can be determined. 

When United Tribes receives your FAFSA, we will contact you via the email you provided on your FAFSA. You will either receive a Financial Aid Offer (that means your FAFSA is complete) or a Missing Items email. If you submitted an incomplete FAFSA, or were selected for Verification, you will recevie a Missing Items email with further instructions. 

Please watch this short video for an overview of the process.

You will receive a Financial Aid Offer letter from UTTC when your FAFSA has processed successfully. The letter indicates what types of funding and how much funding you are eligible to receive with your FAFSA. Generally, the first offer letter you receive will indicate your Pell Grant eligibility and Work-Study (if applicable). Scholarships and other grants you receive will be shown on the Offer Letter.

You can request an updated Offer Letter (aka Award Letter) at any time throughout the semester by visiting the Financial Aid Office.

Verification is a way to double check your FAFSA information to make sure everything is accurate. You will need to submit additional documentation to the Financial Aid Office to complete verification. 

UTTC does not determine who is selected for verificaiton. The Department of Education randomly selects about 30% of all FAFSA submissions for verification. You may also be selected if your information changed, or if they believe there is an error in the reported data. The Financial Aid Office is then responsible for collecting the additional information before any financial aid awards can be processed.  

We will request copies of all required documents through the email you provided on your FAFSA submission, after your FAFSA is initially reviewed. Do not submit any documents to our office unless we have specifically requested you do so.

The parent you lived with more during the past 12 months. If you did not live with either parent or if you lived with each parent an equal amount of time, provide information for the parent who provided the most financial support to you during the last 12 months or during the most recent calendar year that you actually received support from a parent.

If this parent is remarried as of the date you are filing the FAFSA, provide information on the FAFSA about that parent and the person whom that parent married (your stepparent).

No. Your FSA account is linked to your social security number. If you have ever signed in before, you will need to log in to the account that you have already created.

Your usename will be displayed on the screen after you verify your identity. 

You can be sent a secure password reset link by verifying your identity. 

Verify your identity by sending a secure code to your email or phone, if you have verified your email/phone number in the past. You can also answer your security questions to verify your identity.

*NOTE* If you retrieve your username AND reset your password, you will need to wait 30 minutes before logging in to your account. 

You will need to call the Student Aid help line. After you are connected, you will select “FSA Login Help” as a menu option. This will connect you with a real person who can help verify your identity and work to get into your account. 

Call 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243) to speak to someone on the Federal Student Aid help line.