Financial Aid Dates

Applications will be processed as quickly as possible on a funds available basis. Some programs, particularly grant programs, have limited funds, so the earlier we receive your application and all supporting documents, the greater the chance for you to receive funds from these programs.

Summer           April 1

Fall                  June 1

Spring              November 1

IMPORTANT: Refunds are not processed until all your institutional charges are paid in full (including tuition, fees, and books), and you have a credit balance on your Temple College Student Account. You must check with the Cashier’s Office immediately if you owe other charges such as parking fines, library fines, loaner computer, departmental charges, Leopard Loans or other agreements to the Temple College Foundation, etc.

Please make sure that (1) your mailing address and telephone number are up-to-date on Self Service and (2) your account information on TouchNet is accurate. Each semester, we have students who did not receive their refund in a timely manner because their information was not current. Don’t let this happen to you!!

Loan borrowers must be at least half-time to receive a refund on the below dates

Fall 2024

Refunds for classes that start August 21, 2024

Refunds for classes that start October 11, 2024

Spring 2025

Refunds for classes that start January 13, 2025

Refunds for classes that start March 3, 2025

Summer 2025

Refunds for classes that start May 16, 2025

Refunds for classes that start June 23, 2025

 * TC Foundation Success Scholarships will not be refunded until after the semester ends, if eligible.

** Loan borrowers who are not at least half-time until the second 5-wk or 8-wk classes begin will not receive their disbursement at the last scheduled refund date of the semester.

You will be able to purchase books at the bookstore using funds in your financial aid account on Self Service. Any funds left over after tuition/fees and bookstore charges are deducted will be refunded to you.

Fall 2024

Spring 2025

Summer 2025

If you cannot see your award on Self Service by this date, you must make alternative payment arrangements.

• Summer             May 1
• Fall                     July 1
• Spring                December 1

Appeals are generally NOT APPROVED, and students should make other payment arrangements while waiting on the Financial Aid Committee’s decision or risk being dropped from their coursework. Most appeals are denied due to lack of documentation.

Students receiving federal aid who withdraw from class before this date may have to return a portion of their financial aid funds.

Fall 2024

• 1^st 8 week courses – September 23
• 16 week courses – October 25 
• 2^nd 8 week courses – November 25

Spring 2025

• 1^st 8 week courses – February 14
• 16 week courses – March 27
• 2^nd 8 week courses – April 17

Summer 2025

• 1^st 6 week courses – June 19
• 8 week courses – June 26
• 11 week courses – July 6
• 2^nd 6 week courses – July 19

In order for funds to be available by the end of the semester, loans request forms must be submitted by the dates below. If a student is in a 6 or 8 week class that ends before this date, the last date that student may submit a loan request form would be the end date of their class.

Spring:         April 15

Summer:      July 15

Fall:              November 10