Financial Aid

Here are the most important things you need to know about financial aid at NYU:

• Financial aid comes in three forms: scholarships (grants that you do not have to pay back), loans (that you do have to pay back), and work-study (grants allowing you to work for NYU in exchange for pay).
• The majority of the financial aid we award is need-based and the average financial aid award per student last year was nearly $26,000.
• The average scholarship/grant we awarded last year was nearly $19,000.
• There are no separate applications for merit scholarships at NYU. We use your admission application to determine if you qualify for any scholarship where merit is considered. Please keep in mind, however, that just 1-2% of our most recent entering freshmen received exclusively merit based scholarships, which ranged in value from $1,000 to $25,000.

Applying for Financial Aid at NYU

The following two forms are the only forms you need to complete for any and all financial aid we award at NYU - including all need-based and merit-based scholarships.

1) The College Scholarship Service/Financial Aid PROFILE
The CSS PROFILE is required of all applicants, regardless of citizenship, who would like to receive financial aid, including any scholarships/grants we award. Note that scholarships/grants for international students applying to our New York campus will be limited. Also note that students with divorced, separated, or unmarried parents will need to submit the CSS Non-Custodial Parent PROFILE (or the CSS Non-Custodial Parent PROFILE waiver request) by the deadlines below to qualify for scholarships/grants. Transfer applicants and Chinese nationals applying to NYU Shanghai (using the Gaokao to qualify for admission) should not complete the CSS PROFILE.

• Click here to begin and submit the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE.
• Click here to begin and submit the CSS Non-Custodial Parent PROFILE.
• Click here to begin and submit the CSS Non-Custodial Parent PROFILE Waiver Request.
• The NYU school code number is 2785.
• Our CSS/PROFILE deadlines are:
  

Freshman Applicants

2) The Free Application for Federal Student Aid
The FAFSA is also required of all financial aid applicants to our New York and Shanghai campuses who are U.S. Citizens and/or Permanent Residents. NYU Abu Dhabi applicants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents should only submit the FAFSA if they are also interested in being considered for our New York or Shanghai campuses.

• Click here to begin and submit the FAFSA. Alternatively, you can complete the paper version, which may be found in your high school or college or by calling 1-800-4-FED-AID.
• You must list "New York University" as a recipient and include our code number (002785) when completing your FAFSA.
• Do not complete the FAFSA until January 1st if you are applying for Fall admission.

Our FAFSA deadlines are: