2025-26 FAFSA: Information about financial aid for the 2025-26 academic year is now available.
Please check out our resources for new students and current students.
Contact us with your financial aid and scholarship questions!
Financial Aid Checklist (pdf)
To receive financial aid, you must:
- Fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Oregon Student Aid Application (ORSAA). Not sure which form you should fill out? Determine that here.
- The application is available for submission beginning October 1 each year (December for 2025-2026 FAFSA).
- OSU's priority deadline for FAFSA/ORSAA is February 28. File FAFSA/ORSAA each year until you graduate.
- OSU-Cascades school code is 003210.
- After your FAFSA/ORSAA has been received, you may be asked to submit additional information. Check your OSU email regularly and your financial aid file through Beaver Hub to view the status of financial aid file. Your financial aid file is on the Finances tab.
- When all requirements have been met, you will receive an email notification to your OSU email that your award offer is ready. Check your OSU email regularly.