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Office of Financial Aid

Welcome! We look forward to helping you through the application process. If you are a prospective, new or transfer student, please contact Admission for additional financial aid information. If you are a current student, please contact the Office of Financial Aid or log on to compass.cornish.edu. We will work to help you find a financial strategy to realize your long term goals at Cornish College of the Arts.

Priority Deadlines

To qualify for the best possible financial aid package, including departmental merit scholarships, apply by your respective priority deadline below:

New Students

  • File the FAFSA online as early as possible beginning January 1, 2012 and before March 1, 2012. Financial Aid packages will continue to be awarded to qualifying students throughout the spring and early summer.
  • Financial aid and scholarships are available to all who apply and qualify but some funds are distributed on a first-come first-serve basis. Therefore you should complete the FAFSA as soon as possible after submitting your application for admission.
  • Cornish College of the Arts practices rolling admission which means that as long as space is available in your major, applications will be accepted until August 15 (fall semester) and December 15 (spring semester). At this time space is available in all majors and we are accepting applications.
  • Please contact the Office of Admission if you have questions about the timing and process for admission and/or financial aid application. All incoming freshmen and transfer applicants must be admitted to the college in order to receive an offer of financial aid.

Current Students

File the FAFSA online as early as possible beginning January 1, 2012 and before February 15, 2012. Financial aid packages will continue to be awarded to qualifying students throughout the spring and early summer.

Get Ready for 2012 – 2013

  • To continue to qualify for institutional aid (such as the Cornish Scholarship or Continuing Cornish Grant), all continuing students must complete the FAFSA using Cornish School Code 012315 beginning January 1st, 2012 and before February 15th, 2012. Making satisfactory academic progress or earning a fall cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 and maintaining a 67% pace of progression in your program is a prerequisite to continue to qualify for the grant.  Grade point average to continue to earn the Cornish Scholarship is higher. Use 2011 tax estimates if necessary to meet the FAFSA filing deadline and get the best possible aid package.
    • Claim your education credits in tax years 2010 and 2011. Read Education Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. A 1098-T will be mailed to the student address from the Office of Student Accounts sometime in January 2012 to help you claim this credit. Contact the Office of Student Accounts at 206.726.5024 if you have questions.
  • Do not report your Cornish scholarships or grants on the FAFSA.
  • Do report your Work Study earnings on the FAFSA under “Taxable earnings from need-based employment programs, such as Federal Work Study…”

New and Current Students

Regarding federal and state drug convictions and their effect on Financial Aid eligibility, this separate, clear and conspicuous written notice advises students of the penalties for drug violations according to the Higher Education Opportunity Act, effective since August 8, 2008. The same notice includes ways to regain eligibility for any lost grant, loan or work study assistance.

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