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Once you have filed a FAFSA and have been admitted to ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù you will receive an offer of financial aid.

You can check to see if all of your financial aid documents have been submitted by going out to  and selecting the Financial Aid tab view your “checklist” to review any missing documentation required to complete your financial aid file.

You must initiate the contact with a lender of your choice to complete an application and promissory note. Once credit has been approved and the promissory note received, the lender will contact us to verify your attendance and certify the eligible amount of funds you may receive. The maximum amount you may borrow is the difference between your cost of attendance and the total amount of your other financial aid. See the private education loans section on our website for more information.

The Student Aid Index (SAI) is a formula-based index number that helps financial aid administrators determine how much financial support a student may need. The SAI is calculated using the information provided on the FAFSA® form, and it is not the total amount of aid that may be offered to a student or what a family is expected to pay towards tuition and fees.

The SAI replaced the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) methodology used by financial aid administrators to determine financial need in the 2024-2025 aid year.

Financial need is the difference between the expected family contribution and the total cost of attending ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù. If you receive less financial aid than you are eligible to receive, you have an “unmet need”. ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù will award as much aid and as many types of aid as possible to every student who demonstrates financial need. However, it is not always possible to award enough financial aid to equal the calculated financial need amount. 

Cost of Attendance (COA) - Student Aid Index (SAI) = Financial Need

The financial aid package you receive your first year will be similar to the package you will receive the following years – as long as you meet the required deadlines and conditions for the aid renewal.

There is a “great myth” that colleges use financial aid to attract students, then reduce the aid packages during the students’ second year. This is not the case at ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù.

There are a number of factors that could affect a student's aid package from year-to-year. These factors include:

• A change in financial need
• Occasional aid eligibility criteria changes
• Not maintaining the minimum GPA requirement for an academic scholarship to be renewed
• Not meeting the FAFSA® priority filing deadline

ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù will not change or reduce your financial aid package if you receive a private, local scholarship.

You can be assured that your ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù grants and scholarships will not be adjusted when we find out that you are receiving other scholarships. ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù will only adjust your financial aid if federal aid guidelines require an adjustment to occur. If an adjustment is required, federal loans and work-study would be reduced before any other aid is adjusted.

ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù has a rich athletic tradition of developing superior athletic teams and making athletics a part of a student's educational experience. As a member of the NCAA Division III, ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù does not offer athletic scholarships.

No, financial aid does not transfer from one college to another. You need to apply for and receive financial aid from ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù, including adding our federal school code of 003198 to your FAFSA®.

• Types and amounts of financial aid at ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù may vary from what you are currently receiving.
• Federal regulations do not allow you to receive a Federal Pell Grant from more than one college for the same period of time.
• If you have borrowed Federal Direct Stafford Loans, the amount you borrowed at your previous school may impact the remaining annual amount you may borrow at ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù.

You must register for and complete at least 12 credits each semester and meet Satisfactory Academic Progress standards. Satisfactory Academic Progress is met by maintaining a minimum cumulative GPA at or above 2.00 at the end of the Spring semester each year and completing a minimum of 24 credits during an academic year. 

Notify the Office of Financial Aid of the name and amount of your scholarship award via email: finaid@linfield.edu.

If you receive an outside or private scholarship, please send the scholarship check to the Office of Financial Aid for processing. If the amount of scholarship reported impacts your financial aid, the Federal Direct Stafford Loans will be the first type of financial aid adjusted.

You will lose any ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù institutional grants and scholarships.

If you are:

• A recipient of the Federal Pell Grant, your award amount will be revised based on the number of credit hours you enroll in and your program.
• A recipient of any other federal grants, employment or student loans, you must be enrolled in at least six credits to remain eligible. 
• A dependent student whose parent is borrowing a Federal Direct Parent PLUS loan on your behalf, you must be enrolled in at least six credit hours.

• Continuing ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù students: log into your  account to accept or decline the financial aid offered.
• New students: you will receive a pap