Student Financial Services

All financial aid recipients must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Be a citizen of the United States or an eligible non-citizen.
• Have a high school diploma, a GED certificate or qualify under “Ability To Benefit” (See below).
• Be enrolled in an approved college degree or certificate program.
• Be registered with Selective Service if required: male, 18 years old, born after 12/31/59, not currently active in the armed forces.
• Have financial need as determined by the Federal need analysis (except for unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans).
• Not owe a repayment on a grant or be in default on any loan received at Edmonds Community College or any other educational institution.
• Demonstrate satisfactory academic progress in program of study.
• Students who have a Bachelor's Degree will be considered for Federal Stafford Loan and/or workstudy awards only.
• Not be receiving financial aid at another institution during the same period of enrollment.

Students who do not have a high school diploma or GED may qualify for aid by passing the Accuplacer Assessment Test (the LOEP Assessment does not qualify) with the following scores:

55 in reading comprehension
60 in sentence skills
34 in arithmetic

A form and instructions are available for students wishing to receive aid under the “ability-to-benefit” program by clicking on “forms” to the left.

Please note: High School Completion, Running Start and EdCAP students are not eligible to receive financial aid under “Ability-to-Benefit” as long as they are enrolled in these programs. Financial aid is awarded to students who are in an approved college degree program. High school and high school completion programs do not meet this criteria.