{"id":312,"date":"2021-09-24T16:23:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-notification-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:18:56","slug":"financial-aid-offer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/financial-aid-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Aid Offer &amp; Next Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull has-bottom-spacing\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Financial Aid and Scholarships Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/first-year\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >First-Year Students Aid <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/transfer\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Transfer Students Aid <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/international\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >International Students Aid <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/graduate\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Graduate Students Aid<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/current\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Current Students Aid<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/fafsa\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Filing the FAFSA<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/obbba\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Important Financial Aid Changes (2026\u20132027)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/financial-aid-cycle\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >The Financial Aid Cycle<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem hide-overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/financing-options\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Financing Options<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem hide-overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/financial-aid-scholarships\/scholarship-renewal-criteria\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Scholarship Renewal Criteria<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__desktopToggle\" v-text=\"desktopLabel\" :aria-expanded=\"desktopOpen\">More Links<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-financial-aid-offer-amp-next-steps\">Financial Aid Offer &amp; Next Steps<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Financial Aid Offer is a complete overview of the financial aid offered to students eligible to receive financial aid based on merit or need. The Financial Aid Offer also includes an average cost of attendance, which is used to determine financial aid eligibility. Once review of the financial aid file is complete, students will be notified via their Butler email when the Financial Aid Offer is available to view online at my.butler.edu. Paper notifications are also sent to new incoming students. The Financial Aid Offer is not a bill or a statement of the student&#8217;s account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the steps below to ensure that all your aid will disburse to the student account in a timely manner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more about your financial aid offer by watching the video below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Understand Your Financial Aid Offer | Butler University\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/co7cnxC6xww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-68fa394edc2ce-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='true' aria-controls='block_acf-block-68fa394edc2ce_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-68fa394edc2ce-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\tStep 1 \u2013 Review\/Accept Your Financial Aid Awards\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-68fa394edc2ce-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_close.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='false'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-68fa394edc2ce-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-68fa394edc2ce-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Carefully review your offer of financial aid and accept or decline&nbsp;the awards online at&nbsp;my.butler.edu using your username and password provided&nbsp;by the Office of Admission to log in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" href=\"https:\/\/my.butler.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my.butler.edu<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the tile that says <em>Financial Aid. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select&nbsp;<strong>Home<\/strong>&nbsp;in the navigation bar at the top.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on&nbsp;<strong>Review\/Accept Awards<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow all steps to review and accept or decline your financial aid awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"loans\"><em>Review\/Accept Your Financial Aid Awards by July 1.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-68fa394edc2ce-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 1 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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Select the tile that says <em>Financial Aid<\/em> and click <em>Home<\/em> in the navigation bar at the top. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Under<strong>&nbsp;Receive Your Funds<\/strong>, click on both&nbsp;<strong>Complete Subsidized\/Unsubsidized Entrance Counseling<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Sign your Direct Subsidized\/Unsubsidized MPN<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will be directed to complete both at&nbsp;<a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>studentaid.gov<\/strong><\/a>. You will log in using your FSA ID from the FAFSA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Act on your Federal Direct Loans by July 1.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more about Federal Direct Loans by watching the video below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Understanding Federal Direct Loans | Butler University\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vuRoZ_O1FfU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-68fa394edc2e5-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 1 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/campus-services\/student-accounts\">Student Accounts website<\/a> for information about the billing process, payment plans, and additional services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your out-of-pocket cost has been estimated in your Financial Aid Offer. If you need additional assistance to cover educational expenses, Butler offers financing options to invest in your education. The payment plan, Federal Direct PLUS Loan, and Private Education Loans are available regardless of financial aid eligibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refer to your Financial Aid Offer or click <a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. 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