Dates and Deadlines

Financial Aid Deadlines

For information regarding billing and tuition payment due dates, visit the Bursar Web site.

The most important financial aid deadline to remember each year is the March 10 deadline for the Free Application for Student Aid. 

Some scholarships, however, have earlier deadlines.

Here are more important dates each year:

JANUARY 2009
3 - Spring financial aid refunds issued to students.

10 - Last day for students to submit an application to the Honors College for
the Whitinger Scholarship.

FEBRUARY 2009
1 - Nominations due for the Harold Ellison Scholarship. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship application deadline.

15 - Nominations due for the John R. and Aline B. Emens Scholarship.

17 - College Goal Sunday takes place at various sites across Indiana.  At this event, you can receive help filling out forms.


MARCH 2009
1 - Harold Ellison Scholarship application deadline.

10 - Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) priority filing deadline for the state of Indiana and Ball State University financial aid. Learn more.

16 - Ball State Summer Financial Aid Application available in our office.

APRIL 2009
3 - Freshmen financial aid award letters begin being mailed.

15 - State Minority Teacher/Special Education Teacher, and State Nursing Education Scholarship priority application deadline.

MAY 2009
8 - Summer financial aid refunds issued to students.

JUNE 2009
Ball State’s financial aid award letters are mailed to transfer students and upperclassmen. Specific date will be announced later. 

AUGUST 2009
Fall semester financial aid refund checks mailed to students at their local
address on file with the university. Specific date will be announced later.

SEPTEMBER 2009
Fall bills due. Specific date will be announced later.