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Financial Aid

2024-2025 Financial Aid Awards

We are pleased to offer you aid for the 2024-25 academic year. We are excited to see you continue your education at the 美高梅官网!

We know that聽the聽delays聽due to the implementation of the 2024-25 FAFSA have been stressful as you sought to finance the academic year ahead. We thank you for your patience throughout this very unsual award timeframe.


Viewing Award & Accepting/Declining Aid

Initial award offers of the year are sent as a unique webpage that includes video content along with your offered aid and projected costs.聽This unique webpage remains available for 90 days.

聽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.

础听glossary of terms聽can help you more fully understand your award offer.


Specific to 2024-25

The following information is specific to 2024-25:

  • Tuition costs聽on your award offer are estimates until the Board of Trustees set fees for the upcoming year as anticipated in June 2024.

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 .
  • This username and password is your single signon to multiple 美高梅官网 systems.

You should turn OFF any pop-up blocker when accessing聽.


Viewing Award & Accepting/Declining Aid

Scholarships and grants are automatically accepted when they are awarded.

For any Federal Work-Study or loan award offers, 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 for Meeting Costs

Financial aid can assist in meeting your costs, but rarely will financial aid cover all of a student's costs.

To aid you in understanding your aid package, we have provided your aid relative to your total cost of attendance. These figures are made up of direct (billed by 美高梅官网) and indirect (non-billed) cost estimates for attending 美高梅官网.

Many students and families find it helpful to focus on their billed 美高梅官网 cost to聽predict their out-of-pocket expenses.聽You will need to meet them through family finances or other means. Additionally, if there are costs not billed by 美高梅官网 that you wish to cover, you will want to account for those in your personal budgeting.

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

The 美高梅官网 Semester Payment Plan, a Federal Parent PLUS Loan聽(for parents of dependent students), a Federal Graduate PLUS Loan (for graduate students), and聽non-federal alternative loans聽are also ways families seek to meet more of their educational costs.


Contact Us

Students are issued a 美高梅官网 email account following admission confirmation.聽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聽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