Financial Aid Eligibility Issue
High School Completion
On your FAFSA, you did not report that you received a high school diploma or the equivalent. A high school diploma or the equivalent is required to be eligible for federal financial aid.
If you have earned a high school diploma or the equivalent, you will need to correct your FAFSA to update this information.
- Log into studentaid.gov using your FSA ID.
- Select "Make FAFSA Corrections."
- Under the "Student Demographics/Information" section, answer the high school completion
status question, What will the student’s high school completion status be at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year?"
- High school diploma means you have received or will receive a U.S. high school diploma before the first date of your enrollment in college or you have received or will receive a foreign school diploma that is equivalent to a U.S. high school diploma before the first date of your enrollment in college.
- GED certificate or state authorized high school equivalent certificate means you have received or will receive a General Educational Development (GED) certificate
or state authorized high school equivalent certificate before the first date of your
enrollment in college. A state authorized high school equivalent certificate is a
certificate that the issuing state recognizes as the equivalent of a high school diploma
in that state. Note: A high school certificate of attendance and/or a certificate
of completion are NOT the equivalent of a high school diploma.
- If you select State-recognized high school equivalent, you will need to select the type of certificate and the state from which you received it.
- Home schooled means you have completed home schooling at the secondary level regulated by your state.
- None of the above means you do not have a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent and did not complete
secondary school in a home school setting.
- If your answer is intended to be "none of the above," please contact our office at 316-978-3430 to speak with a financial aid advisor.
- Note: If you are a dependent student, be sure that both you and your parent electronically signs the FAFSA once you have made the correction.
- Submit the FAFSA correction.
- Allow 3-5 business days for the correction to be received by the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships.