Grants
File your FAFSA
File your FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Financial aid awards for fall 2024
For the 2024-25 aid year, it will be easier for families to complete the FAFSA with the streamlined FAFSA application. UMassD anticipates sending first-year student awards letters in late April/early May. Returning students can still expect their initial award letters in late May/early June.
Grants and tuition credits are considered gift aid and do not need to be repaid.
Federal Pell Grant
- Federal grant administered by the U.S. Department of Education
- Eligibility determined by demonstrated financial need
- Available to undergraduate students
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Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
- Federal grant administered by the university
- Eligibility determined by demonstrated financial need
- Available to undergraduate students enrolled in 12 credits or more who show extraordinary financial need
- Awards range from $200 to $4,000, depending on available funds and number of eligible applicants
Federal Teach Grant
- Federal grant administered by the university
- Provides up to $4,000 per year
- Available to eligible graduate students who agree to serve as a full-time, highly-qualified teacher in a high-need subject area in a designated low-income school for at least 4 years within 8 years of graduating
- Applicants must meet certain academic achievement requirements (i.e. maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25)
- May need to be repaid if student does not fulfill teacher service agreement
For additional information contact Traci Almeida, Graduate Admissions Coordinator: talmeida@umassd.edu or 508.999.8098
Massachusetts Grant (MassGrant) Program
- State funded grant program administered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Eligibility determined by demonstrated financial need
- Available to undergraduate students enrolled full-time (12+ credits) who are a legal resident of Massachusetts
- FAFSA must be filed each year by May 1
Mass Part-Time Grant
- State funded grant program administered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Eligibility determined by demonstrated financial need and available funds
- Available to undergraduate students enrolled in 6-11 credits who are a legal resident of Massachusetts
Need-Based Tuition Credit
- Institutional funded program administered by the university
- Eligibility determined by demonstrated financial need
- Available to undergraduate students enrolled 6 credits or more who are a legal resident of Massachusetts
- Online & Continuing Education courses are not covered by this program
- The award may be adjusted or reduced based on final institutional and direct charges or changes to a student's cost of attendance (including but not limited to tuition, room, board, and/or any applicable fee adjustments) and will not be refunded.
- May only be applied to tuition and/or fees
Massachusetts Access Grant
- State funded program administered by the university
- Eligibility determined by demonstrated financial need
- Available to undergraduate students enrolled at least half-time who are a legal resident of Massachusetts
- Online & Continuing Education courses are not covered by this program
- The award may be adjusted or reduced based on final institutional and direct charges or changes to a student's cost of attendance (including but not limited to tuition, room, board, and/or any applicable fee adjustments) and will not be refunded.
University Grant
- Institutional grant administered by the university
- Eligibility determined by demonstrated financial need
- Available to undergraduate students enrolled at least half-time
- Online & Continuing Education courses are not covered by this program
- The award may be adjusted or reduced based on final institutional and direct charges or changes to a student's cost of attendance (including but not limited to tuition, room, board, and/or any applicable fee adjustments) and will not be refunded.
- May only be applied to tuition and fees