Financial Aid Services & Resources

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Apply Now or Pay Later

To receive student financial aid, you need to fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) every year.

If you are planning to register for classes in Summer 2023, Fall 2023, or Spring 2024, please fill out the 2023-2024 FAFSA beginning on October 1, 2022.

Log on to https://fafsa.gov/ to complete the FAFSA.

Helpful Info

  • The Federal Title IV school code for John Jay College is 002693
  • Use the IRS Data Retrieval Option
  • You must complete the FAFSA if you plan to apply for a student loan and scholarships
  • Filing early Increases your chances of receiving additional awards such as Federal Work-Study
  • Check YES on FAFSA question # 31 if you are interested in being considered for Federal Work-Study

Virtual FAFSA Workshops 

We're conducting virtual FAFSA Workshops throughout the academic year for current and newly admitted students and their parents. You will learn more about the FAFSA and have the opportunity to complete your 2023-2024 FAFSA online.

Click here for a checklist of requirements for FAFSA assistance. 

These workshops are to assist you with completing the 2023-2024 FAFSA. Please contact a Financial Aid representative at Jay Express or the Financial Aid Office with all other inquiries.

FAFSA Workshops for Current Students 

FAFSA Workshops will resume in mid-July.  Visit Navigate (EAB) for availability and to register. 

Date Time

Newly Admitted Students

Please email financialaid@jjay.cuny.edu for FAFSA assistance inquiries.

Requirements for Assistance:

In order to better assist students with completing the FAFSA the Financial Aid Office requests that students bring the following documents to their FAFSA Information Session appointments.  

  • Yours and a parent’s, if applicable, FSA ID.  The FSA ID will be used to confirm your and your parent’s identity and used as an electronic signature to submit your application.
  • Your social security number & your parent(s)' social security number and date of birth
  • Your driver’s license number (if you have one)
  • Your alien registration number (if you are not a U.S. Citizen)
  • Yours and your parent(s)’ or spouse's (if applicable) 2021 Federal and State Tax Returns
  • Yours and your parent(s)’ or spouse's (if applicable) 2021 Records of Untaxed Income (if applicable)
  • Yours and your parent(s)’ or spouse's (if applicable) 2021 Records of Assets (if applicable)
     

For a preview of questions asked on the FAFSA please visit the
2023-2024 FAFSA on the Web Worksheet.

Information expected late Fall 2023.

*Dependent students are required to bring in all parental information requested. For information regarding dependency please click here.

GRE Fee Reduction Program

In the summer of 2017, the Department of Education released new guidelines prohibiting schools from sharing FAFSA information with third parties, even if the schools have the student’s consent.

As a result, Educational Testing Services (ETS) has developed a new process that no longer requires students to obtain a copy of their Institutional Student Information Report (ISIR) and a GRE Fee Reduction Certificate from a financial aid administrator.  Instead, students will be required to send a copy of their Student Aid Report (SAR) and a completed GRE Fee Reduction Request Form to ETS. Students who meet the need-based guidelines will receive a GRE Fee Reduction voucher to take the General Test and/or a Subject Test for 50 percent of the full test fee.

The new GRE Fee Reduction process will become effective with the 2018-19 testing year beginning on July 1, 2018. For further information you can log on to the GRE website.

Please note that the new procedure will not go into effect, and the instructions will not be posted to the ETS website, until July 1, 2018.

Contact Us


 524 West 59th Street
BMW, 607
New York, NY 10019
212-663-7867
financialaid@jjay.cuny.edu