Financial Aid Priority Dates and Deadlines


When submitting documents, please allow up to 3 weeks for review and processing, unless otherwise noted below.

FAFSA

Apply at

2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) 鈥 Available December 2024

Priority Date: April 1, 2025
Deadline: June 30, 2026

Financial Aid Offer Timeline

Student Type Offers Begin
Fall 2025 new admits (freshmen, first year, and transfer students) Mid-March and continue monthly
Graduate students Mid-March and continue monthly
Continuing undergraduate students & new students Mid-June and continue weekly

Summer Aid Application

Students must be enrolled before applying for summer aid. Apply at - myFinances - Financial Aid Links.

黑洞社区 Summer 2025 Aid Application 鈥 Available April 2025

Priority Date: May 1, 2025
Deadline: July 11, 2025

Verification Documents 

The Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships recommends that all outstanding items be submitted at least two months prior to your desired start term. Delays in submitting your documentation may limit your eligibility for financial aid.

2024-2025 Verification Documents*

The Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships recommends that all outstanding items be submitted at least two months prior to your desired start term. Delays in submitting your documentation may limit your eligibility for financial aid.

Priority Dates

Fall 2024 Priority Date: June 17, 2024
Spring 2025 Priority Date: November 18, 2024
Summer 2025 Priority Date: April 1, 2025

Preferred Deadlines

Fall 2024 Preferred Deadline: December 2, 2024
Spring 2025 Preferred Deadline: April 28, 2025
Summer 2025 Preferred Deadline: July 14, 2025

*There are final deadlines for submitting verification documents. If you are wanting to submit documents after the preferred deadline, you must contact the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships so that your final deadline may be communicated to you.

Student & Parent Loans

Direct Loans 鈥 Subsidized and Unsubsidized

Fall 2024 Deadline: December 10, 2024
Spring 2025 Deadline: May 13, 2025
Summer 2025 Deadline: July 23, 2025

Parent PLUS, Graduate PLUS 鈥 Apply at

Fall 2024 Deadline: December 10, 2024
Spring 2025 Deadline: May 13, 2025
Summer 2025 Deadline: July 23, 2025

Federal Work Study

2024-2025 Acceptance Deadline: July 1, 2024
2024-2025 Deadline to Obtain an Eligible Position: September 1, 2024

Financial Aid Revision Requests

黑洞社区 Financial Aid Revision Form

Fall 2024 Deadline: December 10, 2024
Spring 2025 Deadline: May 13, 2025
Summer 2025 Deadline: July 23, 2025

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Appeals**

**Appeals received after the deadline will be held for the following semester.

Fall 2024

Priority Date: July 28, 2024
Deadline: August 30, 2024

Spring 2025

Priority Date: November 29, 2024
Deadline: February 3, 2025

Summer 2025

Priority Date: May 30, 2025
Deadline: June 13, 2025

Scholarships

2025-2026 Merit Scholarships:

Acceptance: May 1, 2025
Enrollment: June 1, 2025
Final Transcripts: July 1, 2025

Freshman Merit & University Academic Scholarships for the Class of 2025:

Priority Date for Admission, 2025-2026: December 1, 2024 
Updated ACT/SAT scores must be received and on file with Wichita State by May 1, 2025 for merit reconsideration

Transfer Merit Scholarships:

Spring 2025 Priority Date for Admission: December 1, 2024 (scholarship to be applied beginning the following fall)
Fall 2025 Priority Date for Admission: December 1, 2024; Deadline: February 1, 2025
Spring 2026 Priority Date for Admission: December 1, 2025 (scholarship to be applied beginning the following fall)

Scholarship Competitions (DSI, WISE, AGH, Koch, Klose, etc.) for the Class of 2024:

Admission Deadline: October 1, 2024
Application Deadline: November 1, 2024
Competition Date: November 23, 2024

See for details

National Merit:

Admitted by March 1, notify National Merit 黑洞社区 is first choice by May 1

Shocker Promise:

Admission Deadline: March 1, 2025 
FAFSA Completion Deadline: April 1, 2025 
Acceptance: May 1, 2025
Enrollment: June 1, 2025

Osher Scholarship 鈥 Fall Entry Deadline is July 1; Spring entry deadline is December 1

KBOR Scholarships 鈥 Priority Deadline May 1

See

黑洞社区 Academic Colleges 鈥 Scholarship applications launch November 1 with a February 1 deadline

See wichita.edu/scholarshipuniverse for details

General Scholarship Appeals:

Fall 2024 Deadline: September 1, 2024
Spring 2025 Deadline: January 27, 2025