The Department of Education announced a newly overhauled 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, which opened December 31, 2023, nearly three months later than usual. 

These updates made to the FAFSA are causing delays for schools to receive the information. We are starting to receive FAFSA data and appreciate your patience as we navigate through this transition.

If you would like to make corrections to a 2024-25 FAFSA you already submitted, the ability to make corrections to processed forms becomes available in the first half of April.

Congratulations to those students graduating this Spring 2024! We wish you well on all your future endeavors and are grateful to have spent time with you during your time at UCSF.

For those who borrowed a Federal Stafford Loan or Federal Graduate PLUS Loan while in attendance, you must complete Federal Loan Exit Counseling here: https://studentaid.gov/exit-counseling/. Be sure to select the option for Graduate or Professional students.

If you borrowed one or more of the loans below there is a separate/additional exit process:
•       University Loan 
•       CA Dream Loan
•       Health Professions Loan (HPSL)
•       Loan for Disadvantaged Students (LDS)
•       Nursing Student Loan, Nurse Faculty Loan

As applicable, you will receive an email from the servicer ECSI, [email protected], prompting you to complete their Exit Counseling. The UCSF contact for questions about the repayment for these types of loans is Maria Maniego from the Student Accounting Office. Students will manage their loan repayment for these types of loans at https://heartland.ecsi.net.