Financial Aid Office - Receiving Financial Aid

Receiving Financial Aid

After the financial aid application process is completed (FAFSA, SAR, and verification), the following steps must be done:

Step 1: Respond to Financial Aid Award
Step 2: Undergo loan processing (if applicable)
Step 3: Receive Financial Aid

Once the student has accepted/declined Financial Aid on TitanWeb (see Step 1 above) and the student completed loan processing (if applicable), it takes approximately three (3) weeks to order your financial aid funds. The aid will be disbursed electronically to a student's account at UW-Oshkosh a few days before the beginning of the semester or, if your award was processed later in the semester, as soon as the funds become available. Your aid will be disbursed in equal amounts before each semester. The financial aid information can be viewed and accepted/declined on the student's TitanWeb account.

To view, accept, or decline financial aid:

Log-on to TitanWeb
Click on Finances link
Click on links in the Financial Aid section to view and accept/decline your aid
Choose the appropriate academic term

To view student tuition charges, fees, payment activity, and financial aid disbursement:

Log-on to TitanWeb
Click on Finances link
Click on Statement of Account link under Finances section
Click on Daily Activity link for account activity (including financial aid disbursement) information

Paying Your Bills

After the financial aid has been electronically disbursed to your student account at UW-Oshkosh (e.g. after going through application and receiving financial aid processes), Student Accounts office deducts all the billed costs from your aid, such as tuition, room and board (if applicable).

Refunds

If amount billed to your account is less than amount of the financial aid for the semester, then the students are issued a refund for the difference. Students are encouraged to sign up for Direct Deposit on TitanWeb. Some aid (for example, Pell Grant) is not disbursed until later in the semester. Therefore, some students may have refunds available later in the semester.