JHU Student Financial Services | Prospective Students | Freshman & Transfers

Apply for financial aid to be considered for the following types of assistance: need-based grants, loans or work opportunities. (You do not need to apply for financial aid to be considered for merit-based scholarships.)

Observe the deadlines as funding may not be available for late applicants. Your financial aid application is considered independently of your application for admission. If admitted you will receive notice of aid with your Admissions packet.

Applying for financial aid is relatively easy. A summary of the required documents, depending on the type of undergraduate applicant for admission, is available on this website. Further details for each document follows the summary information.

International applicants: Go to http://www.jhu.edu/finaid/international.html
International students are any students who are not currently U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

The following documents are required prior to acceptance if you wish to apply for need-based financial aid:

The following documents must be submitted after acceptance to finalize the estimated financial aid award provided at the time of acceptance:

The following documents are required prior to acceptance if you wish to apply for need-based financial aid:

1. CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE 2013-2014.
Prospective students applying for financial aid must submit the College Scholarship Service (CSS) PROFILE online to be considered for institutional need-based funding. The PROFILE may be accessed at https://profileonline.collegeboard.com for all admissions applicants beginning on October 1, 2012. Every student must register on http://www.collegeboard.com to complete the PROFILE. Upon registering you will be able to complete and submit the PROFILE. You will be charged a fee by the College Board to process and report your information to Johns Hopkins. The fee is based on the number of schools you list to receive the data ($9 plus $16 for each school listed.) The College Scholarship Service offers fee waivers to eligible students at the time of registration. Hopkins receives Profile data electronically, so you do not need to send a paper copy. The CSS PROFILE code for Hopkins is 5332.

2. Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). File the FAFSA on the web at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. You and your parent(s) will need federal PINs. A PIN can be obtained at http://www.pin.ed.gov. Allow 7–10 days from the time of your request to receive your PIN. You must answer all of the questions on the FAFSA and, if necessary, estimate your income. Do not wait until your 2012 tax returns are completed. List Johns Hopkins University as a recipient of the FAFSA Our school code is E00473. The FAFSA is not valid if submitted prior to January 1, 2013.

3. Federal Income Tax Returns and Other Required Documents. JHU uses the College Board's Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC) to collect copies of parent and student federal income tax returns and other required documents. You will receive a notice from the College Board's IDOC service in late January or early February listing all documents required to complete your application. At a minimum, we require signed copies of both parents' and student's 2012 federal income tax returns, all schedules and attachments and W-2 forms. All required documents must be submitted to the College Board's IDOC Service in a single packet with the required IDOC cover sheet. The IDOC website is: https://idoc.collegeboard.com/.

Please do not send or fax tax returns or other documents to the Johns Hopkins University Office of Student Financial Services. Send all required documents to IDOC in a single packet.

If you are unable to submit a complete packet of required documents to IDOC by the deadline, please submit the packet as soon as possible thereafter. Should you be accepted to Johns Hopkins University and we have received the CSS Profile and FAFSA (and the CSS Business/Farm Supplement and/or Non-Custodial Parent Supplement, if required) and we have not received the packet from IDOC, we will provide an estimate of financial aid in your admission packet. We will finalize the award upon receipt of the IDOC packet with the tax returns.

Do not submit 2011 income tax returns to Johns Hopkins University or to IDOC.

4. Non-Custodial Parent Profile. If your parents are separated or divorced, your non-custodial parent must complete the Non-Custodial PROFILE online. The non-custodial parent may access the PROFILE online after the student has registered with CSS PROFILE. An email reminder will be sent to the non-custodial parent to complete the requirement once the student has submitted and completed the PROFILE online with the custodial parent. There is a $25 fee to complete this form. The non-custodial parent must submit to the College Board's IDOC service a signed copy of his or her 2012 federal income tax return and W-2 forms. Non-custodial parent information may be submitted in a separate packet to IDOC. We realize that issues of college support may be complicated in divorce and separated families. We evaluate each situation individually. If you believe special circumstances exist in your family, contact your financial aid advisor.

The U.S. Department of Education has a website designed to assist students and their parents with the challenges of going to college. The website www.college.gov features first-person accounts of students who overcame challenges to going to college such as peer pressure, lack of family support, and financial barriers.

Citizenship Documentation (Top)

You must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to apply for Johns Hopkins need-based grant and federal student financial aid. Any applicant who is not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident by the admission and/or financial aid deadline must apply for admission and for financial aid as an international student. If you do not meet this citizenship criteria by the admission/financial aid deadline, see the instructions for applying as an International Student.

When an applicant completes the FAFSA, the processor matches the student's name, social security number, and date of birth with the Social Security Administration database (for U.S. citizens) and with the Department of Homeland Security database (for eligible non-citizens). If the match with either database confirms citizenship or permanent resident status, no further documentation is required. However, if the match does not confirm the student's status, the applicant will be required to provide documentation.

One of the following is required to document status as a U.S. permanent resident: