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Financial Aid

2022-2023 Financial Aid Awards

Viewing Award & Accepting/Declining Aid

We are pleased to offer you aid for the 2022-23 academic year. We are excited to see you continue your education at the 美高梅官网!

Initial award offers of the year are sent as a unique webpage that includes video content along with your offered aid and projected costs.

This unique webpage remains available for 90 days or, for incoming students, until May 15, whichever comes later.

will always show your current award offer. Any updates to your award are shown or actions you need to take (including accepting or declining aid) are done via Catalyst.


Specific to 2022-23

The following information is specific to 2022-23:

  • New 4/27/22:聽 Ohio College Opportunity Grant (OCOG), if awarded, has now been updated to $2,700 2022-23 award amount as determined by the state.
  • New 3/24/22:聽 Federal Pell Grant, if awarded, has now been updated based on revised Pell Grant award charts due to change in congressional appropriation.
  • Tuition costs聽on your award offer are estimates until the Board of Trustees set fees for the upcoming year.

Accessing Catalyst

Catalyst is the 美高梅官网 student information system. Access Catalyst at and log on using your user name and password.

  • As a new student, if you have not signed on previously, search your email account using "Catalyst" to find the introductory email sent to you when you applied for admission.
  • If you have difficulty with your login, there is self-service information on recovering your username and password.

Viewing Award & Accepting/Declining Aid

Scholarships and grants are automatically accepted when they are awarded.

For any Federal Work-Study or loan awards, you will need to take action to accept them.

  • Logon to聽.
  • Click on the "My Finances" tile.
  • Use the "Manage Financial Aid" to choose the appropriate aid year and accept or decline as you wish.
  • Be sure to hit "submit" after taking any action.

Also, please alert us if you anticipate aid that is not showing as part of your award offer.

Your award is generally made based on full-time attendance. Enrolling in聽co-op聽or as a聽part-time student聽for any given term this academic year can change your aid distribution.

When accepting loans, please review detailed information on聽loan next steps.


Tasks Checklist

You may have additional steps now or as you move through the financial aid process. These required additional steps and other important matters will be detailed via your "Tasks" tile in . These tasks are often referred to as "To Do" items.

Leaving "To Do" items incomplete can result in delays or loss of aid. Additionally, any awards made prior to completing these items are estimations of eligibility. Full determination of your award will be made once all "To Do" requirements are met.

Take action to complete items as they post to your record. Review the status of your "Tasks" each time you log into Catalyst.


Additional Options

Financial aid can assist in meeting your costs, but rarely will financial aid cover all of a student's costs. Families should review to determine how to meet them through family finances or other means.

Even scholarship-only students are encouraged to complete the to be considered for federal, state and institutional funding.

The 美高梅官网 Tuition Payment Plan, a Federal Parent PLUS loan听补苍诲听non-federal alternative loans聽are also ways families seek to meet more of their costs.


Contact Us

Incoming students are issued a 美高梅官网 email account following admission confirmation.

All students should regularly check their聽聽as that is where all official 美高梅官网 communications will be sent.

We are here to help! Contact Enrollment Services based on your campus to better understand your award offer and projected costs.

Enrollment Services
513-556-1000
enrollmentservices@uc.edu
uc.edu/enrollment-services

Campus Locations:
Clifton/Uptown Campus - 220 University Pavilion
美高梅官网 Blue Ash Campus - 150 Muntz Hall
美高梅官网 Clermont Campus - 100 Student Services Bldg