Important Dates

Financial aid awards are scheduled to disburse about two weeks after your first class starts.

  • This applies to students who are eligible for aid and have completed all necessary steps.
  • If your first class starts before the official semester start date, you'll get your aid about two weeks after that date.
  • Any extra aid (money left over after paying for tuition, fees, and books) will be given to you through the MSRP process. How soon you get this extra money depends on how you chose to receive it:
    • Direct deposit: 3-4 business days
    • Paper check: 10-14 business days

Book advances are issued out no earlier than five days prior to the start of your earliest class.

Enrollment Changes: Changes to your class schedule after your financial aid is disbursed may affect your eligibility. Your financial aid may be reduced, and you may be required to repay funds. This may include: 

  • Classes you were enrolled in but never attended.
  • Dropping late-start classes.
  • Changes to your Consortium Agreement.
  • Classes that are canceled.

The Pell Recalculation Date (PRD) is important because your enrollment as of this date and time is what will determine the Pell Grant award. If classes are added after this date/time, Pell Grant cannot be increased.

Consortium Agreements: To be considered for the current semester, you must be enrolled in your consortium classes by the Pell Recalculation Date (PRD). However, a completed Consortium Agreement may be submitted up to 14 business days before the last day of your class for the semester. Submitting your Consortium Agreement as early as possible is strongly encouraged to avoid delays in processing your financial aid.

  Fall 2025 Spring 2026 Summer 2026
Semester Start Date August 23 January 17 May 26
Pell Recalculation Date September 2 January 26 May 28
Consortium Agreements Due September 2 January 26 May 28
Semester End Date December 19 May 15 July 30
Book Advance Are issued out no earlier than five days prior to the start of your earliest class*
  Fall 2026 Spring 2027 Summer 2027
Semester Start Date August 22 January 16 June 1
Pell Recalculation Date September 1 January 26 June 4
Semester End Date December 18 May 14 Aug 5
Book Advance Are issued out no earlier than five days prior to the start of your earliest class*

*This is the earliest timeframe in which book advances will begin to be processed. The processing timeframe may be impacted by holiday and/or weekends. The release date is based on a student's individual class start dates. See Maricopa Book Advances for more information.

 

Other Helpful Dates

For Financial Aid events, visit the Campus Event Calendar.

Additional Important Dates, visit our Academic Calendar.