Explore Financial Assistance
Depending on your family’s income and your academic and extracurricular accomplishments to date, financial aid may be available to you in several different forms.
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Scholarships | These funds do not require repayment and are awarded based on merit, need, and achievement in academics, athletics, the arts, or other scholarly areas. |
| Grants | Do not require repayment and are awarded based on financial need. |
| Loans | Are available at the state and federal levels and repayment typically begins six months after you have graduated or dropped to less than half-time status. There are also parent loan programs. |
| Work-Study | These programs and campus employment will enable you to earn money that can offset educational costs. |
| Other Assistance | There are other forms of financial assistance, including institutional aid programs, tuition funding for military veterans and their families, and waiver programs from the state of Texas that allow certain out-of-state or nonresident students to pay in-state tuition. |
Financial Aid Timeline
September
- Begin your own scholarship search during the fall by accessing free online scholarship search engines.
October
- UTRGV Excellence Scholarship Application becomes available to entering freshmen, transfer, and current students.
- VAMOS/UTRGV Endowed Scholarship Application becomes available to entering freshmen.
November
- Registration for Spring semester continues.
- If you were selected for verification, please submit the required documents to our UTRGV Financial Aid Office as soon as possible to prevent a delay in your financial aid awarding.
December
- December 1st
- UTRGV Excellence Scholarship application deadline for Entering Freshmen.
- 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) available
- 2025-2026 Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) available
- Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is reviewed after Fall semester grades are posted.
- Shortly before the Holiday Break, your Spring semester student bill is sent to your UTRGV email reflecting a tuition due date.
- December 15th
- Summer Financial Aid Notification becomes available to current students interested in taking classes during the summer.
January
- Spring semester tuition is due and refund process is initiated 10 days before the first day of class.
February
- February 1st
- UTRGV Excellence Scholarship application deadline for current and transfer students.
- Priority admissions deadline.
- February 15
- VAMOS/UTRGV Endowed Scholarship application deadline (Freshmen only).
- Priority Deadline to submit 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or 2025-2026 Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA)
April
- April 1st
- Tuition advantage priority deadline to submit the 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Texas Application for State Aid (TASFA)
- April 15th
- Deadline to be considered for many state programs.
- This is a critical month for High School Senior as they start receiving award letters from different universities. Make sure to review them carefully and compare the different options to determine what fits your budget. Consider loan amounts needed to be borrowed and expenses incurred when staying at a local University vs out of the area.
- After Spring semester study days, your Summer I Student Bill will be sent to your UTRGV email reflecting a tuition due date.
May
- Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is reviewed after Spring Semester grades are posted.
June
- June 1st
- Deadline for scholarship recipients to enroll at UTRGV for the upcoming Fall semester.
- Deadline for Entering Freshmen awarded a UTRGV Excellence Scholarship to submit a "Thank You" letter.
- Remember, even though the priority deadline has passed, it is not too late to apply for Financial Aid by submitting your FAFSA or TASFA.
- If you were selected for verification, please submit the required documents to the UTRGV Financial Aid Office as soon as possible to prevent a delay in your financial aid awarding.
- At the end of June, your Summer II student bill will be sent to your UTRGV email reflecting a tuition due date.
July
- July 1st
- Housing Scholarship recipients - deadline to submit a Housing Application.
- If borrowing student loans, complete your Entrance Loan Counseling and Promissory Note.
August
- During the second week of August, your Fall Student Bill will be sent to your UTRGV email reflecting a tuition due date.
- If you notice you will have money left over from your financial aid, we encourage you to set up your Direct Deposit through ASSIST.
- The Fall student refund process will be initiated 10 days before the first day of class. We encourage you to verify that all aid has been accepted and all necessary items have been submitted to ensure you will receive your funds during this first refund cycle.
- New Students: Submit/complete your admissions application at www.applytexas.org
- First day of class is on August 26th.
