基于需求的经济援助包括大多数助学金, many loans and part-time student employment through Federal Work Study. 根据需要提供财政援助, the Cost of Attendance and the family's ability to pay educational expenses are the most important factors.
The Cost of Attendance includes the average expenses a student will incur for tuition and 费用, 食宿, 书籍及用品, 交通工具及必要的个人和杂项物品. 出席的费用可能会有所不同, depending on a number of factors such as full or part-time enrollment, 住宿和学生入学的学校.
Expected Family Contribution (EFC) is an objective measure of the amount of educational assistance that is expected to be provided by the family. 这个公式每年由美国政府决定.S. Department of 教育 and takes into account factors such as total income, 已缴联邦税, family size and the number of family members in college at the same time. This assessment is made after a student completes a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Once a student completes a FAFSA, the results are calculated by the processor for the U.S. Department of 教育 and sent to colleges and other agencies selected by the student.
以便有资格获得基于需求的经济援助, a student must demonstrate financial need according to the following formula:
student cost of attendance (COA) minus expected family contribution (EFC)= financial need.
The COA is determined by the 金融援助 Office and includes tuition, 费用, 书籍及用品, 食宿, 运输, 还有洗衣和娱乐等个人开支. EFC是根据联邦公式计算的.
依赖状态
Your dependency status determines whose information you must report on the 免费申请联邦学生援助(FAFSA®)表格.
If you’re a dependent student, you will report your and your parents’ information.
如果你是一个独立的学生, 您将报告您自己的信息(和, 如果你结婚了, 你的配偶的).
The federal student aid programs are based on the concept that it is primarily your and your family’s responsibility to pay for your education. 一个独立的学生被认为有父母的支持, so the parents’ information has to be assessed along with the student’s, in order to get a full picture of the family’s financial strength. 如果你是一个独立的学生, it doesn’t mean your parents are required to pay anything toward your education; this is just a way of looking at everyone in a consistent manner.
我是依赖还是独立?
Your answers to questions on the FAFSA® form determine whether you are considered a dependent or independent student. The questions change a little from one year’s application to the next year’s; for instance, 2021-22年度的FAFSA表格会询问你是否在1月9日之前出生. 1, 1998, while the 2022–23 FAFSA form will ask whether you were born before Jan. 1, 1999. 以下是决定你的依赖状态的问题，
All applicants for federal student aid are considered either “independent” or “dependent.”
独立的学生
If you answer YES to ANY of these questions, then you may be an independent student. You may not be required to provide parental information on your 免费申请联邦学生援助(FAFSA®)表格.
依赖学生*
如果你对这些问题的回答都是否定的, then you may be considered a dependent student and may be required to provide your parents’ financial information when completing the FAFSA form.
- 到明年1月你会年满24岁吗. 1 of the school year for which you are applying for financial aid? 例如, if you plan to start school in August 2021 for the 2021–22 school year, 到明年1月你就24岁了吗. 1, 2021 (i.e.你出生在一月之前吗. 1, 1998)?
- 你是已婚还是分居但没有离婚?
- Will you be working toward a master’s or doctorate degree (such as M.A.工商管理硕士.D., J.D., Ph.D., Ed.D.等.)?
- Do you have children who receive more than half of their support from you?
- Do you have dependents (other than children or a spouse) who live with you and receive more than half of their support from you?
- 你目前在美国服役吗.S. 非训练目的的武装部队?
- 你是美国的老兵吗.S. 武装部队?
- 在你13岁以后的任何时候, 你的父母都去世了吗, 你被寄养了吗, 或者你是法院的监护人或家属?
- Are you an emancipated minor or are you in a legal guardianship as determined by a court?
- Are you an unaccompanied youth who is homeless or self-supporting and at risk of being homeless?
*如果你对以上任何一个问题的回答都不是“是”, you’re still considered a dependent student for purposes of applying for federal student aid even if you don’t live with your parents, 你的父母没有在报税表上申报吗, 或者支付你自己的账单和教育费用.
验证
Eligibility for need-based awards is determined based on financial and other family information submitted by you. This information is used to calculate an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) on your FAFSA. 在申请和接受经济援助方面, you agree to provide any additional financial and other pertinent information to document your eligibility to this office if requested by an authorized University official. The University reserves the right to request and review this additional information, 如果需要的话, to reduce or cancel awards made based on updated or corrected financial and other information. You are responsible for the accuracy of all data submitted on your FAFSA, your 匹兹堡大学凤凰彩票平台APP下载分校 验证 Worksheet, copies of Federal Tax Return Transcript and other relevant documents. 可能需要的一些额外文件如下:
- 学生的官方国税局纳税申报表，如果提交.
- 学生(和配偶)的W2表格复印件(如果工作的话).
- An official IRS Tax Return Transcript(s) for your parents, if they filed.
- 父母的W2表格复印件，如果他们工作的话.
- A complete, signed copy of the 匹兹堡大学凤凰彩票平台APP下载分校 验证 Worksheet.
您将被要求将这些材料邮寄到:
匹兹堡大学凤凰彩票平台APP下载分校
财政援助办公室
504 E. 主要街道
宾夕法尼亚州凤凰彩票平台APP下载16354
如果凤凰彩票官网办公室没有收到这些文件, 你将会延迟收到你的经济援助. 如果发现不一致或错误, we will make corrections to that information before your financial aid application is processed and funds are disbursed to you. Please be aware that the above listed items are not the only items you may be asked for if we need clarification or to resolve conflicting information.