We begin processing summer financial aid in mid-April.
Learn more about App State's Summer Sessions
- Summer 2025 Session 1: Classes begin May 27, 2025/end June 27, 2025
- Summer 2025 Session 2: Classes begin July 2, 2025/end Aug. 5, 2025
Registration for Summer 2025 opens April 1, 2025
Things to remember about summer financial aid:
We need a 2024-2025 FAFSA with App State's school code (002906) in order to award summer aid.
If you already have a FAFSA on file, we will use your existing application. No need to complete it again!
If you have not yet filed a FAFSA, you have until the last day of the spring term to complete it at studentaid.gov. Please realize if you file late, your aid may not be available until after the summer session has started.
In order to be eligible for summer financial aid, you must be enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours.
You can split up the 6 hours any way you like - 3 in each summer session or all 6 in one session!
All courses must be registered for by the Summer Session I drop-add date May 28, 2025, even if the courses do not begin until Summer Session II.
Summer sessions at App State are considered part of the prior academic year. This means that the financial aid you received in the fall and spring semesters of the academic year, may influence your eligibility for summer aid. For example, if you used all of your federal loan eligibility in the fall and spring semesters, you will not have a federal loan offer available for summer.
We will begin financial aid awarding for summer during the early registration period at the beginning of April. If your summer plans change or you update the number of credits you’re registered for, your aid will also change to reflect your actual registration.
Summer Pell Grant Eligibility
Pell grants are available during the summer even if you’ve already received a Pell grant during the academic year. You can receive:
The rest of your annual eligibility if you have not received 100% of your Pell grant during the academic year or
You can receive additional Pell of up to 50% of your eligibility if you have already received 100% of your Pell during the academic year.
Summer State Grant Eligibility
App State students with North Carolina residency are eligible for summer funding from the state through the NC Next Scholarship program.To be eligible you need to:
Have received the NC Next Scholarship for the prior fall or spring semester at any UNC college or university (it does not have to be received in both terms and it does not have to have been received at App).
Be enrolled for at least 6 summer credits
Be making Satisfactory Academic Progress
Be enrolled in courses required for your program of study
Summer award amounts are a percentage of your award from the fall and spring. For example, If you received $1,000 for the academic year as a full-time student, and registered as a half-time student with 6 credits in the summer, you would receive 50% of your academic year award or $500.
Summer Appalachian College Opportunity Grants (ACOG)
App State awards Appalachian College Opportunity Grants each summer when funding is available. All eligible students will be awarded according to their registration date. To be considered, students must be enrolled in at least one hour during the first summer session, have financial need, and be making Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). Grants are only awarded during the first summer session.
Summer Federal Direct Loan Eligibility
- To be eligible for federal loans over the summer, grads and undergrads must be registered for at least 6 credits by the last day to drop for summer term 1. You can view your remaining loan eligibility on your AppalNet portal.
- If you are an undergraduate student whose parent would like to apply for a Federal Direct Parent PLUS loan for the summer term, they will need to apply online .
- If you are a graduate student and would like to apply for a Federal Direct Grad PLUS Loan, please visit https://studentaid.gov/plus-app/ to submit your application.