Summer
Summer Financial Aid 2025
Submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is your application for summer aid. For summer 2025, you should make sure you have a 2024-2025 and a 2025-2026 FAFSA submitted for maximum consideration. A separate summer application for aid is NOT REQUIRED!
We usually begin reviewing students for summer financial aid after summer registration in April 2025. To save you time and effort, your eligibility for summer financial aid will automatically be reviewed if you meet the criteria listed below under the Eligible for Summer Aid Review section. You will receive summer aid notifications to your MIX email (via your WVU Portal).
Exception: If you did not borrow subsidized and/or unsubsidized loans for the fall or spring semesters, you will not be automatically reviewed for these for summer. If this applies to you, after you enroll at least half-time in degree-pursuant courses for summer, you can submit an online request to the WVU Hub asking for summer loan consideration. Choose Current Student Inquiry and log in with your WVU username and password.
Eligible for Summer Aid Review
You will "automatically" be reviewed for summer financial aid eligibility if you meet ALL of the following criteria:
- You are registered at least half-time in degree-pursuant courses for summer unless you are a Pell Grant-eligible student who has remaining Pell eligibility for less than half-time enrollment.
- You have a valid 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) submitted to WVU. Submit your 2025-2026 FAFSA for maximum eligibility consideration for the summer semester.
- You do not have any unsatisfied requirements on your account preventing a financial aid review.
- You are maintaining satisfactory academic progress standards for financial aid eligibility.
Transient and Student Abroad Summer Aid Review
- If you are seeking a degree from WVU but taking summer courses at another institution, complete the transient financial aid application process.
- If you are participating in a study abroad or exchange program for summer, see our Study Abroad webpage for more information.
Exception: If you did not borrow subsidized and/or unsubsidized loans for the fall or spring semesters, you will not be automatically reviewed for these for summer. If this applies to you, after you enroll at least half-time in degree-pursuant courses for summer, you can submit an online request to the WVU Hub asking for summer loan consideration. Choose Current Student Inquiry and log in with your WVU username and password.
NOT Eligible for Summer Aid Review
You will NOT be reviewed for summer financial aid eligibility if you meet any of the following criteria:
- No valid FAFSA received by WVU for 2024-2025.
- Enrolled less than half-time in degree-pursuant courses (unless you are a Pell Grant-eligible student with eligibility for less than half-time enrollment).
- You are a visiting or transient student from another institution (contact your home school regarding summer financial aid).
- You are working on a certificate (not seeking a degree).
- You are a non-degree student. Note: If the classes are required for acceptance into a degree-seeking program, you may be eligible. Visit our Non-Degree Student webpage for more information.
Estimate Your Summer Cost of Attendance
The Excel spreadsheets can help you estimate your potential cost of attendance for summer. Please note that books, course materials, supplies and equipment, housing and food costs (if living off campus), transportation, and personal expenses are estimated non billable (indirect) costs you may accrue during your summer enrollment. Only tuition and fees (and housing and food costs if living on campus) will show as charges to your student account for summer.
When you click on one of the links below, it will download an Excel spreadsheet to calculate estimated summer 2025 cost of attendance.
- Beckley
- Keyser
- Morgantown Undergraduate Campus Programs
- Morgantown Undergraduate Online Programs
- Morgantown Graduate and Professional Campus Programs
- Morgantown Graduate and Professional Online Programs
Potential Summer Aid and Options
- Summer Gift Aid: This is financial aid that usually does not need to be repaid (such as grants and scholarships).
- Summer Borrowed Aid: This is financial aid that has to be repaid (loans). Please note that summer eligibility for Federal Direct Subsidized and/or Unsubsidized Loans depends on federal annual limits and the amount already borrowed during Fall 2024 and/or Spring 2025. The maximum annual limits may be found below.
- Summer Federal Work-Study or Student Employment: These are part-time employment opportunities for students. These funds are earned as paychecks as students work throughout the semester and do not apply directly to students' institutional charges (bill) as payment.
- Tuition Payment Plan: The payments allow students to break a portion or all of their bill into installments. Review our Tuition Payment Plan webpage for more information.
- Other Funding Options
Annual Direct Maximum Subsidized/Unsubsidized Eligibility
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| Level | Dependent | Independent |
| 0 to 29 Earned Hours = Freshman | $5,500 | $9,500 |
| 30 to 59 Earned Hours = Sophomore | $6,500 | $10,500 |
| 60+ Earned Hours = Junior and Senior | $7,500 | $12,500 |
| Graduate & Professional (excluding below) | N/A | $20,500 |
| Level | 9 Month Annual Limit | 12 Month Annual Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Professional MD and DDS | $40,500 | $47,167 |
| Professional Doctor of Pharmacy (last 2 years), Public Health & Health Administration (last 2 years) | $33,000 | $39,667 |
Other Potential Resources to Finance Summer
- Vocational Rehabilitation: Contact your vocational rehabilitation counselor.
- PA State Grant: Information can be found on the PHEAA website.
- Promise Scholarship: Review our Summer Promise webpage for more information.
- External or departmental scholarships: Students should always continue seeking additional scholarship assistance.
- Student employment: Students can seek on- or off-campus employment to help with non billable (indirect) costs - such as supplies, personal, and transportation costs.
Understanding Your Summer Financial Aid Offer
If you have received a summer financial aid email notification and would like more information about responding to the offer, please review our Summer Financial Aid Offer webpage.