There continues to be problems with students and parents being able to file the 2024-25 FAFSA at www.studentaid.gov. In some cases, these challenges are preventing an application from being submitted at all. If you are experiencing problems in completing the FAFSA, please be persistent. Federal Student Aid (FSA) is continuously working on the application to resolve errors in the on-line form.
JMU will closely monitor our FAFSA volume once we begin receiving completed applications from FSA. At this time, FSA is telling schools they will start sending us FAFSA’s “the first half of March.”
This online estimator was developed to help families plan for future educational costs at James Madison University.
The figures provided in this tool are estimations and are subject to change based on changes in school costs, changes to your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), modifications to awarding formulas, and fund availability. This estimation is not intended to serve as a financial aid offer.
March 1st Priority Filing Date
The Department of Education must receive your FAFSA by March 1st to be considered an "on time filer". We suggest you submit the FAFSA on-line a few days before March 1st to ensure timely receipt.
JMU’s FAFSA Priority Filing Date is March 1, 2024. This is a priority date, not a deadline.
If you cannot meet the priority date, we encourage you to complete the FAFSA as early as possible, even after March 1st.
We will offer awards as long as funds remain available to applicants who submit the FAFSA before or after March 1, 2024.
Keep In Mind
The JMU Board of Visitors will set 2024-25 costs in April 2024. The costs displayed in this calculator are estimations only, and not predictive of what costs may be in 2024-25.
For those unable to complete a FAFSA, use the Federal Student Aid Estimator to generate an estimated SAI to use in this calculator
Net Price Calculator
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Scholarship selections for Early Action admitted students that are solely merit-based (i.e. no financial need component) will be made by mid-February. Only students selected as scholarship recipients will be emailed notifications from scholarships@jmu.edu by the end of February.
Selections for scholarships that have a financial need component in their eligibility cannot be made until after JMU begins receiving FAFSA. These selections will be made by mid-April.
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