Student Financial Services

At CSU-Pueblo we are committed to helping students explore financing options to help them achieve their educational goals. Approximately 80 percent of our students receive some type of assistance.  

Navigating the Annual Financial Aid Process

APPLY

• Complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at www.fafsa.gov; this will require applying for a PIN at www.pin.ed.gov (both yourself and your parent if you are a dependent student) if this is your first time completing a FAFSA. 
• The CSU-Pueblo school code for the FAFSA is 001365
• Complete your CSU-Pueblo Scholarship Application.
• If you are a Colorado resident and working on your undergraduate degree, complete the COF application.*

Priority deadline for the FAFSA and CSU-Pueblo Scholarship Application is March 1st - prior to the new academic year’s fall semester.

REVIEW

• Log into your PAWS account.
• Accessing your financial aid award through the PAWS account 
• Check to see if you are required to turn in any documents to Student Financial Services and review your financial aid award.
  
  

FINALIZE

• Choose to reduce or decline any student loans.      
• If you are borrowing student loans, complete your Master Promissory Note and Entrance Counseling.*
• Once you have read and understand all the terms and conditions, click the acknowledgment check box at the bottom of your award.
• Fill out the Direct Deposit form and return to Student Financial Services to have any excess funds from your financial aid automatically deposited into your checking/savings account.*

 *Indicates these steps are required one-time only, not annually

Other Information 

• 2011 National Profile of Programs in Title IV of the Higher Education Act 
• Funding Education Beyond High School:  The Guide to Federal Student Aid  ;  Spanish Version