Financial Aid Process
An important step to enrolling at TTUHSC each academic year is applying for financial aid. We've outlined the steps below to guide you through the process. Our team of financial aid advisors are dedicated to assisting you and your family with any questions regarding financial aid and scholarships.
Step 1-Student Applies for Financial Aid
- First, we recommend eligible students submit the current FAFSA. For Summer 2024, Fall 2024, and Spring 2025, the 2024-2025 FAFSA is required. The FAFSA is available to you now at www.studentaid.gov.
- The TTUHSC federal school code is 016024.
Step 2-Department of Education processes applications and sends data to schools
Step 3-TTUHSC processes FAFSA and offers financial aid to students
- Please be aware that it can take our office 2-3 weeks to process initial FAFSA data and begin to offer financial aid (grants and/or loans) to eligible students.
- If we must review or make changes to your FAFSA data, we will notify you by email. This includes any additional requirements or documents we may need to complete your FAFSA file.
- During this time, you will need to check your WebRaider portal for any financial aid requirements. The sooner these are completed then the faster we can process your FAFSA and offer your aid.
Step 4-Students view/accept aid
- Once we have processed your FAFSA and offered your financial aid, you can go to your WebRaider portal to view and accept or decline your aid.
- Students enrolled in summer terms will need to do this ASAP so that their summer aid can help pay their bill and any eligible refunds can be processed.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) constitutes the basic financial aid application and is required if you wish to be considered for all federal, state or university financial aid and scholarships. The FAFSA must be submitted once per school year. Each new aid year at TTUHSC starts with the summer semester.
Please note the following information when submitting your FAFSA:
Texas Tech University is a separate institution from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. If your plans include transferring from TTU to TTUHSC, you will need to complete the TTUHSC financial aid process.
The TTUHSC federal school code is 016024.
Students are encouraged to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool to enter tax information.
- The 2024-2025 FAFSA is available to complete as of January 1, 2024.
- The 2024-2025 FAFSA covers the summer 2024, fall 2024 and spring 2025 semesters.
- Students beginning HSC enrollment in the summer 2024, fall 2024 or spring 2025 semester should complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA.
- HSC cannot use the 2023-2024 FAFSA data to process summer 2024 financial aid offers.
TASFA - Texas Application for State Financial Aid
Students who do not meet the eligible noncitizen requirements for Federal Student Financial Aid (FAFSA), can still complete the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA). While TTUHSC does not have any institutional financial aid to offer students, the TASFA application is required for international students applying for or receiving any HSC Scholarships.
Completed TASFA applications may be scanned and emailed to financial.aid@ttuhsc.edu
Once you have submitted the FAFSA, your Student Aid Report (SAR) will indicate if additional supporting documents may be required for verification, and these documents will vary for each student.
Even if the student is not selected for verification, additional information may be requested to complete the student's file. All students applying for financial aid will be asked to complete the Expected Enrollment Questionnaire.
All requests for additional documents or information will be sent to the student's TTUHSC email account. To view and complete any additional documents or information, please follow these instructions.
Login to WebRaider and select the HSC MyTECH tab.
- Scroll to the Manage My Finances section and select "Documentation Requested and Submitted''.
- Select "Student Requirements".
- Select the appropriate aid year from the drop down menu and click "Submit".
- Complete items listed in a "required" status.
**Please include the student's student ID (R#) at the top of all documents you submit to our office. The forms and data should all be legible and must be received by the specified deadline. If citizenship documentation is required, be sure to read the instructions provided through WebRaider. Failure to submit all required information and documents could result in a delay of financial funding.
Once the student has completed their financial aid file the student will receive a financial aid offer notice via their TTUHSC email account. The notice will include a link to WebRaider, where the student can view and accept their financial aid offers.
TTUHSC Student Financial Aid begins processing financial aid offers in April of each year for the upcoming school year. TTUHSC school years begin with the summer semester.
Per the instructions in the financial aid offer notice, you may view and accept your offers by following these instructions:
- Login to WebRaider and select the "HSC MyTech" tab.
- Scroll to the "Manage My Finances" section and select "View/Accept Aid Package".
- Select the appropriate aid year and click "Submit".
- Select the "Accept Award Offer" tab.
- Accept the aid you wish to receive and click "Submit Decision". (Grants are automatically accepted and there is no action required by the student.)
- If you accept a student loan, please visit Federal Student Aid to complete Entrance Counseling and a Master Promissory Note.
The Financial Aid Office will begin disbursing financial aid to students' tuition and fee accounts approximately 10 days prior to the start of classes each semester. Students must be enrolled at least half-time, have accepted their aid and completed all of the necessary requirements for disbursements to occur.
Students may accept any of their remaining loan eligibility by logging into the WebRaider portal and accessing their financial award offer. If a student originally declined a loan offer and would now like to accept some of the funds, please email Financial.Aid@ttuhsc.edu and request your loan offers be reopened. Please be sure to include your name and R# in the email. Students may accept funds up until the week before their semester ends.