Applying for Aid
The 2025-2026 FAFSA has officially been released. Learn more about submitting yours today.
The 2025-2026 TASFA has also been released. Contact our Student Financial Aid office to complete an electronic application on ACES.
FAFSA
You will complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) if you are a U.S. Citizen or Eligible Non-Citizen.
The FAFSA is the first step in applying for not only federal aid, but also state and institutional financial aid. Be sure you have completed the ApplyTexas admissions application before submitting your FAFSA. A new FAFSA must be completed for each academic year.
Select each tab for instructions and information on completing the FAFSA process.
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- Your FSA ID login information.
- Yours and/or your parent's Social Security Numbers (confirm all student biographical data matches information provided on your ApplyTexas application).
- Yours and/or your parent's federal tax returns and W-2s from two years prior to the academic year you are applying to.
2025-2026: 2023 Tax Information
2024-2025: 2022 Tax Information
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An FSA ID is a username and password that you and all FAFSA contributors must use to log in to Studentaid.gov. Creating an account allows you to submit, correct, and view records of the FAFSA. This ID cannot be accessed by a Student Financial Aid representative.
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The college school code is what the Department of Education will use to identify to which college(s) to send your FAFSA information to.
Campus FAFSA School Codes San Antonio College
009163
St. Philip's College
003608
Palo Alto College
016615 Northwest Vista College
033723 Northeast Lakeview College
042636 ⇒ If you are not sure which college you will be attending yet, you can add the school codes for all colleges you are interested in. Please note however that by adding more than one school code, it could delay processing your financial aid.
⇒ If multiple colleges are selected, your "Home College" will be designated based on where you apply for admissions, financial aid, enroll, and receive aid. If your "Home College" changes, your financial aid package will need to be updated by Student Financial Aid.
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2025-2026
Academic Year Attending: Fall 2025, Spring 2026, Summer 2026
Timeframe to Submit FAFSA: November 21, 2024 – June 30, 2026
Tax Year Information Entered on FAFSA: 2023
2024-2025
Academic Year Attending: Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Summer 2025
Timeframe to Submit FAFSA: December 31, 2023 – June 30, 2025
Tax Year Information Entered on FAFSA: 2022
TASFA
The Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) is an application for state financial aid that you will complete if you are not a U.S. Citizen, but are classified as a Texas Resident based on residency criteria. Be sure you have completed the ApplyTexas admissions application before submitting your TASFA. A new TASFA must be completed for each academic year.
Select each tab for instructions and information on completing the TASFA process.
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Electronic Application
Contact the Student Financial Aid Office to have an electronic TASFA application added to your ACES student portal for completion once you have been admitted.
Documents included in your TASFA application packet:
- TASFA Application
- Verification Worksheet (includes submission of Student and/or Parent Tax Return Transcripts or signed Tax Return)
- State Financial Aid Eligibility Form
Paper Application
The paper TASFA Application can be found now at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) link and must be submitted to your Student Financial Aid Office.
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- Your ACES login information
- Yours and/or your parent's Social Security Numbers (leave blank if you do not have a SSN)
- Yours and/or your parent's federal tax returns and W-2s from two years prior to the academic year you are applying to.
2025-2026: 2023 Tax Information
2024-2025: 2022 Tax Information
⇒ If you do not have a copy of your tax return, you can request a Tax Return Transcript from the IRS website.
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Non U.S Citizen - Texas residents are eligible for state financial aid and in-state tuition based on the passing of House Bill 1403 (HB1403) and Senate Bill 1528 if they meet the following criteria:
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Must have lived in Texas at least 3 years before receiving their High School (in Texas) diploma or GED
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Must have lived in Texas at least 3 years before enrolling in a public college/university (in Texas)
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Must fill out an affidavit declaring that he/she will apply for residency as soon as able to do so
Students must submit a Core Residency Questionnaire and Affidavit to the Residency office at their "home college" to be classified as a HB-1403 Texas resident at Alamo Colleges District.
Students paying the Texas resident tuition rate due to a waiver or assistantship are not eligible to submit a TASFA.
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2025-2026
Academic Year Attending: August 2025 – May 2026
Timeframe to Submit TAFSA: December 2024 – May 2026
Tax Year Information Entered on TAFSA: 2023
2024-2025
Academic Year Attending: August 2024 - May 2025
Timeframe to Submit TAFSA: January 2024 – May 2025
Tax Year Information Entered on FAFSA: 2022
Determining Which Application To Complete
If you are unsure which financial aid application you are eligible to complete, fill out this TASFA-FAFSA Decision Survey tool for immediate help with a determination.
Summer Aid
Financial Aid is available for the summer terms.
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Students who submit a 2024-2025 FAFSA and register for summer 2025 courses will automatically be offered any eligible grant aid.
Check your ACES account for summer awards being posted starting in March 2025.
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To be eligible for summer 2025 awards students must:
- Complete a 2024-2025 FAFSA
- Enroll in a summer term
- Half-Time enrollment in 6 hours is required for many awards
- Be in good SAP standing
- There is no summer Financial Aid Appeal for students in suspension
- Complete all requested documents, including verification, if selected
Applicants who do not qualify for any summer awards will need to make payment arrangements for tuition costs, including books, or risk being dropped.
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Expanded Summer Momentum Program
- Visit the Summer Momentum Program website for more information on this last dollar summer scholarship. Last-dollar scholarships will cover any remaining tuition and fees after all other financial aid resources have been awarded for the summer, such as the Pell grant.
Federal Pell Grant
- Visit the Pell Grant website for more information on summer Pell eligibility.
Federal Work Study
- Employment in the work study program is available using Federal Work Study funds in summer. Visit the College Work Study page for more information.
Federal Direct Loans
- Visit the Federal Direct Loan page for more information on requesting a summer direct loan request through your ACES account.
You will need to indicate on your FAFSA or TASFA that you and/or your parents did not file.
You may be asked to provide a verification of non-filing form for you and/or your parents.
Although you may not be financially dependent on your parents or living in the same household, if you do not meet FAFSA's criteria to be considered independent you will be considered a dependent student.
Visit the Federal Student Aid official FAFSA Dependency page for more information.
Yes. Taking or completing dual credit courses while in high school does not change your classification on the FAFSA as a First Time in College student.
This probably means you mistakenly reported on your FAFSA that you are a graduate student or already have a B.A. degree. Please go back to your FAFSA make the necessary correction.
Review the attached Citizenship Clarification Form for a list of acceptable documentation to submit to the Office of Student Financial Aid in order substantiate your citizenship. The process may take up to 4-6 weeks. Updates will be provided in your ACES portal.
No, but you will need to add the other institution's school code in order for your FAFSA information to be forwarded. Once the institution receives your FAFSA information, eligibility will be determined. Your financial aid at the Alamo Colleges District will not transfer.
For all AlamoPromise requirements, please visit this webpage: http://6p7.dos5.net/promise/.
When contacting your college’s Student Financial Aid office for a TASFA application, be sure to let us know you are an AlamoPromise student!
- Incoming AlamoPromise (current High School) students may also email promise_finaid@dos5.net to request the TASFA application be added to their ACES student portal.
- Prior year AlamoPromise students will contact their college's Student Financial Aid office.
Dynamic Forms is a form submission platform that allows students and parents to electronically fill out and sign required financial aid documents through their ACES student portal.
View your online Student Financial Aid form drafts, submissions, and history on the Dynamic Forms home page.
Summer Aid FAQs
- Both Maymester and Summer I-8 week courses are unique short terms that do not have their own financial aid award & pay out date before classes start.
- Students must pay the costs of their Maymester and Summer I-8 week tuition and fees up front by the payment due date to avoid being dropped for non-payment
- Maymester and Summer I-8 week enrollment will only count towards your financial aid eligibility for the Summer semester if you are also enrolled in any of the following Summer terms: Summer I-5 week, Summer II-8 week, Summer-10 week, Summer III-8 week, and Summer II-5 week
- Note: students will not see any summer aid disbursed until after the Spring Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) calculation has run.