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Financial Aid Information
Disbursement of Aid and Refunds
Most financial aid is coordinated and disbursed by the university, and is applied directly to any outstanding student charges posted to their student account. The Financial Aid Office has created a comprehensive resource for Receiving Financial Aid.
Financial Aid Disbursements are awarded to your student account starting the week before the semester begins and continue on a weekly basis throughout the semester.
Students receiving financial aid need to make sure that they have completed or resolved the following
- Prior year debt holds
- Any items on their to-do list
- Admissions holds
Pending financial aid does not always guarantee disbursement, and it is the student's responsibility to make sure that their aid package disburses before registration for the next term.
If your financial aid award is more than your university charges for the semester, a refund maybe produced and an email notification will be sent to your university email address. Refund checks will be available for pickup at the Cashier's window in the SBS Building, Room 285. Direct deposit refunds will be posted to your bank account via electronic funds transfer (EFT) if you are participating in the Student Electronic Funds Transfer program.
Title IV Federal Financial Aid
Federal regulations allow Cal Poly Humboldt to apply Title IV Federal Student Aid funds to certain institutional charges on a student's account. Additional authorization is required before Title IV funds may be used to pay other allowable institutional charges.
This authorization is voluntary. You are not required to provide authorization as a condition of receiving federal student aid or enrolling at the University. Title IV funds may include, but are not limited to:
• Federal Pell Grant
• Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
• Federal Direct Subsidized Loan
• Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan
• Federal Direct GRAD PLUS Loan
• Federal TEACH Grant (if applicable)
• Other Title IV Federal Student Aid programs for which you are eligible
Eligible Charges Covered by Federal Regulations without Student Authorization
Under federal regulations, Title IV funds are first applied to allowable charges such as:
• Tuition
• Mandatory campus-based fees
• Institutionally contracted housing rent charges
• Institutionally contracted meal plan charges
• Miscellaneous course fees
Your authorization is not required for Cal Poly Humboldt to apply your Title IV funds to these allowable charges. Students may also incur other educationally related charges that are billed to their student account. Federal regulations require your authorization before Title IV funds may be used to pay these additional eligible charges.
Eligible Charges Covered by this Authorization
If you authorize Cal Poly Humboldt to apply your Title IV funds to additional eligible charges posted to your student account, the University may use your federal financial aid to pay charges such as:
• Health Center charges and fees
• Library fines, fees, and replacement charges
• Replacement student identification card fees
• Parking permits
• Parking citations and fines
• Recreation Center equipment rental fees
• Humboldt Short-Term Loan balances
• Departmental replacement charges for lost or broken items
• Other similar educationally related institutional charges permitted under federal regulations
Charges Not Covered by this Authorization or Federal Regulations
This authorization does not permit Cal Poly Humboldt to apply Title IV funds toward charges that are not allowable under federal regulations or University policy. Examples include:
• Late fees (late payment, late add, late drop, late registration, etc.)
• Housing penalty fees
• Returned check fees
• Payment plan enrollment fees
• Graduation date change fees
• Other charges determined by the University to be ineligible for payment with Title IV funds
Students remain responsible for paying any charges that are not eligible for payment with Title IV funds.
How to Submit an Authorization
Digital Authorization
- Log in to your Student Center through your myHumboldt portal
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- Under the Finances section, select "View Student Permissions" in the Other Finance Information dropdown menu (once selected, click on the arrows to continue)
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- Select the Grant Permissions button
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- Carefully read the information and then select the Next button
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- Carefully read the authorization agreement section. Click on the "Yes, I have read the agreement" checkbox, then click the Submit button
If you would like to sign this authorization in person or via Adobe Sign, please contact Student Financial Services
Federal regulations allow Cal Poly Humboldt to apply Title IV Federal PLUS Loan funds to certain institutional charges on a student's account. Additional authorization is required before Title IV funds may be used to pay other allowable institutional charges.
This authorization is voluntary. You are not required to provide authorization as a condition of receiving federal student aid or enrolling at the University. This authorization is only for Title IV Federal PLUS Loan funds.
Eligible Charges Covered by Federal Regulations without Authorization
Under federal regulations, Title IV funds are first applied to allowable charges such as:
• Tuition
• Mandatory campus-based fees
• Institutionally contracted housing rent charges
• Institutionally contracted meal plan charges
• Miscellaneous course fees
Your authorization is not required for Cal Poly Humboldt to apply your Title IV Federal PLUS Loan funds to these allowable charges. Students may also incur other educationally related charges that are billed to their student account. Federal regulations require your authorization before Title IV Federal PLUS Loan funds may be used to pay these additional eligible charges.
Eligible Charges Covered by this Authorization
If you authorize Cal Poly Humboldt to apply your Title IV funds to additional eligible charges posted to your student's account, the University may use your federal financial aid to pay charges such as:
• Health Center charges and fees
• Library fines, fees, and replacement charges
• Replacement student identification card fees
• Parking permits
• Parking citations and fines
• Recreation Center equipment rental fees
• Humboldt Short-Term Loan balances
• Departmental replacement charges for lost or broken items
• Other similar educationally related institutional charges permitted under federal regulations
Charges Not Covered by this Authorization or Federal Regulations
This authorization does not permit Cal Poly Humboldt to apply Title IV funds toward charges that are not allowable under federal regulations or University policy. Examples include:
• Late fees (late payment, late add, late drop, late registration, etc.)
• Housing penalty fees
• Returned check fees
• Payment plan enrollment fees
• Graduation date change fees
• Other charges determined by the University to be ineligible for payment with Title IV funds
Students remain responsible for paying any charges that are not eligible for payment with Title IV funds.
How to Submit an Authorization
Please contact Student Financial Services to receive the authorization form.
Other Information
At the Freeze Date (two weeks into the semester and the last day to add/drop), the financial aid system will take one FINAL reading of your units. Your unit status on this date will set your eligibility level for the entire semester for the following programs: Pell Grant, Cal Grant A or B, State University Grant, Perkins Loan, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant. Aid recipients who are not enrolled full-time as of the freeze date may be required to pay back part or all of these funds.
It is important to continue to update your current address via MyHumboldt for all future correspondence or any other "non-financial aid" refunds.
Your Cal Poly Humboldt email account is an official form of communication between you and the University. You are responsible for checking your Humboldt email account for official communications. Although you may elect to redirect messages sent to your official Humboldt email address to another address, you do so at your own risk.
For More Information
- For more information regarding financial aid check disbursement and refunds, contact Student Accounts at 707-826-4407.
- For more information regarding financial aid, contact the Financial Aid Office at 707-826-4321 or visit their website Financial Aid Office