Student Financial Services Handbook

Financial Aid Policies

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To the right, you'll find our Student Financial Services Handbook. This all-encompassing document contains information on:

  • Financial aid available at Cornish
  • The FAFSA
  • The Funding Review
  • Keeping your aid through Satisfactory Academic Progress
  • Information about types of loans, grants, and work study
  • Where to find information on your Student Account
  • How to set up Payment Plans
  • 1098-Ts
  • Financial aid refunds
  • Refunds for withdrawing from class and how we return your financial aid
  • Important deadlines

Student Financial Services Handbook

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  • Policy Handbook

    2024/25 Handbook

    2024/25 Handbook is available.  Please see "Keeping Your Aid" for information on SAP, "Return of Financial Aid" for R2T4, and "Apply for Financial Aid" for information on Verification.

     

    Required
    SFSH 2024-25_Redacted.pdf
    2025-26 Handbook

    2025/26 Handbook is available.  Please see "Keeping Your Aid" for information on SAP, "Return of Financial Aid" for R2T4, and "Apply

    Required
    Updated SFSH 2025-26 (1) (2).pdf
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  • Previous Student Financial Services Handbooks

    If you are looking for previous year's Student Financial Services Handbooks from 2023-24 and before, please contact finaid@cornish.edu for assistance. 
    While focused on a reorder icon, press the Enter key or spacebar to "select" the icon. While a reorder icon is selected, pressing the up and down arrows will change the order of the selected item within the list. Pressing Enter key or spacebar again will drop the selected item at that location in the list.
While focused on a reorder icon, press the Enter key or spacebar to "select" the icon. While a reorder icon is selected, pressing the up and down arrows will change the order of the selected item within the list. Pressing Enter key or spacebar again will drop the selected item at that location in the list.