Financial Aid for Graduate Students
The mission of NDNU's Office of Student Financing, located in Ralston Hall, is to work with you to make your graduate degree affordable. Financial aid and student loans come from several sources.
There are federal and state programs, as well as a number of NDNU graduate scholarships available.
To Apply
- Submit a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Go online to www.fafsa.ed.gov for the form, print a copy for yourself, and send one in to our Office of Student Financing. List NDNU's code #001179 on page 6.
- Complete NDNU's Financial Aid Application Form and submit it to our Office of Student Financing. It is available from the Office of Student Financing or you can download it here (as an Acrobat Reader file).
- The Office of Student Financing will calculate the amount of loan or grant money and send you the necessary papers and instructions.
Financial Aid Calendar
- Complete FAFSA after January 1st and before March 2nd.
- NDNU accepts students on a rolling basis; to facilitate the process, your application must be complete before:
August 1st: Fall Admission
December 1st: Spring Admission
April 1st: Summer Admission
Work Study Payment Authorization
For students who are interested in directly applying their work study payments to their student accounts, the following authorization should be completed and submitted to the Business Office, St. Mary's Room 106, 1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002-1908 or faxed to (650) 508-3439. It is available from the Business Office and is also available here as a PDF file which can be opened, saved, and printed with Acrobat Reader: WorkStudyPmtAuth.pdf.