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How to Apply for Financial Aid

Below is more information on applying for financial aid depending on whether you are a new freshman/transfer student or a returning student.

New Freshmen and Transfer Students

  1. Apply for admission. To receive an application for admission, you may contact the Admissions Department by telephone at 1-800-521-1146 or by e-mail at . You may also submit an online application. 
  2. Get an early start on Financial Aid. Visit www.fafsa4caster.com.  This site will enable you to see estimated federal student aid eligibility, increase your knowledge of the financial aid process, and provides outside sources of aid such as grants and scholarships.  Other benefits of FAFSA4caster include:
    • automatic generation and email receipt of a Federal Student Aid PIN (Personal Identification Number) to use on the online FAFSA application
    • pre-populate a FAFSA web application for the current processing year.
  3. Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). To complete your FAFSA, choose one of the options below:
    • Option 1: File an application online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.
    • Important!
      • Make sure to complete the signature page at the end.
      • The Malone Title IV school code is 003072.
    • Option 2: File a paper FAFSA and send it to the Financial Aid Office. 
      1. Download the FAFSA form at www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov. OR request a paper FAFSA by calling 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243).
      2. Mail the completed form to the Financial Aid Office, Malone University, 2600 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton, OH 44709. The Financial Aid staff will enter your information for you electronically.
      3. Please include: Signed copies of your and your parent(s)(if you are a dependent student) Federal income tax return(s) (1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, Telefile, or RTFTP). Make sure that the forms are all signed. (Telefile does not have a line to sign. Just sign anywhere on the form). Also, if you or your parents have a very long return, you only need to submit pages one and two with signatures.

The priority deadline for completing the FAFSA is March 1st

Returning Malone Students 

For those students receiving any type of need-based aid such as grants, work-study or loans from the federal government, state government or Malone, the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is REQUIRED. The renewal FAFSA may be filed electronically at www.fafsa.ed.gov. March 1st remains our priority deadline.  FAFSA applications will certainly be accepted after this priority deadline, however, due to limited funding certain types of aid such as Perkins loans, SEOG, and work-study will not be available for student who file their FAFSA after this date.

For those students who did not file a FAFSA for the previous year, but would like to file a FAFSA for the 2009-2010 academic award year, the online filing process begins at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/   March 1st is our priority deadline to be eligible for certain types of aid such as Perkins loans, SEOG, and work-study.

If your household does not have access to the Internet, you may request up to three paper FAFSA forms by calling 1.800.4-FED-AID (1.800.433.3243).  Either format, electronic or paper, is acceptable and must be completed by our priority deadline of March 1st.

RESOURCES

REMEMBER!

FAFSA DEADLINE - MARCH 1

DROPPING HOURS - Could affect your financial Aid! Always check with the Financial Aid Office first. 

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