Financial Aid Counselors are available to answer questions and concerns on the federal aid process or to guide students and parents through the electronic filing process of the Free Application Form for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). All students who plan to receive federal grants, loans, and work-study must complete a FAFSA. Please use Goldey-Beacom’s federal school code (001429) when submitting your application.
We strongly recommend you create your StudentAid.gov account before starting your FAFSA form. When you create your account, be careful to enter your name and Social Security number (SSN) exactly as they appear on your Social Security card.
On the 2024–25 FAFSA form, every contributor—anyone (you, your spouse, a biological or adoptive parent, or your parent’s spouse) who’s required to provide information on the FAFSA form—needs a StudentAid.gov account before accessing and completing their section of the online form. Contributors can access their StudentAid.gov account by using their FSA ID (account username and password).
Note: Contributors without an SSN can create a StudentAid.gov account to fill out their portion of your 2024–25 FAFSA form online.
To start the online 2024–25 FAFSA form, select “Start New Form.” You’ll be taken to the “Log In” page to enter your account username and password. After logging in, you’ll be given the option to select your applicable role to fill out the FAFSA form: “Student” or “Parent.” You (the student) should select “Student.” If a parent wants to start their dependent child’s FAFSA form, they should select the “Parent” option.
You and your parent (if you’re considered a dependent student) can get a StudentAid.gov account either before or while filling out the online 2023–24 FAFSA form. While you can get your StudentAid.gov account as you’re completing the 2023–24 FAFSA form online, getting it ahead of time and using it to fill out the FAFSA form cuts down on errors and delays.
If you start your 2023–24 FAFSA form and indicate that you are the student, you will be given the option to enter your account username and password or to enter your “identifiers” (your name, date of birth, and SSN).
If you log in with your username and password, certain information (including your name, SSN, and date of birth) will be automatically loaded into your application. Also, you won’t have to provide your username and password again to sign your FAFSA form electronically or to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool if you’re eligible.
The student is the one applying for financial aid, so be sure it’s the student entering their username and password in the “I am a student and want to access the 2023–24 FAFSA form” section. Do not start the FAFSA form by supplying the parent’s username and password in the student role.
Note: If your parent doesn’t have an SSN, your parent can’t use a StudentAid.gov account to sign your 2023–24 FAFSA form (even if they created one for the 2024–25 FAFSA form). This means you’ll have to select the option to print a signature page when you get to the end of your online 2023–24 FAFSA form.
You might need the following information or documents as you fill out the 2024–25 FAFSA form:
Your parents’ SSNs if you’re a dependent student
Tax returns
Records of child support received
Current balances of cash, savings, and checking accounts
Net worth of investments, businesses, and farm
Keep these records! You may need them again. Do not mail these supporting records to us.
You might need the following information or documents as you fill out the 2023–24 FAFSA application:
Your Social Security number (it’s important that you enter it correctly on the FAFSA form!)
Your parents’ SSNs if you are a dependent student
Your driver’s license number if you have one
Your A-number if you are not a U.S. citizen
Federal tax information, tax documents, or tax returns, including IRS W-2 information, for you (and your spouse, if you are married), and for your parents if you are a dependent student:
Records of your (and, if you’re a dependent student, your parents’) untaxed income, such as child support received, interest income, and veterans noneducation benefits
Information on cash; savings and checking account balances; investments, including stocks, bonds, and real estate (but not including the home in which you live); and business and farm assets for you and for your parents if you are a dependent student
Speak to a Financial Aid Counselor
302-225-6264 [email protected]
You and any of your contributor(s) must provide this information in order for the Department to determine if you are eligible for federal student aid and which type (e.g., Pell Grant, subsidized or unsubsidized loans) and amount of aid you might be eligible to receive. In addition, many states and colleges use your FAFSA information to determine your eligibility for state and school aid.
When creating a StudentAid.gov account, you and any contributor(s) must provide information such as name, Social Security number (SSN) (or the fact that you/they do not have an SSN), date of birth, address, phone number (optional), and email address. If you or your contributor(s) do not have an SSN, you/they may be required to answer identity questions from TransUnion (such as which of the following is a recent previous address) in order for the Department to fully establish your/their StudentAid.gov account.
When completing the FAFSA form, you will be required to confirm all personal contact information (populated into the FAFSA from your StudentAid.gov account) and enter information such as gender, race/ethnicity, and citizenship status; parent education level; student high school information; financial information including income taxes and whether you or a family member has received other federal benefits such as Medicaid; and what college(s) you would like to receive your FAFSA information.
The Department will share your information with the college(s) you select on your FAFSA form, as well as the state grant agency that is in the state you live in or in which the college(s) you selected is located. This is done to help you get access to any federal, state, or college aid you are entitled to receive.
The Department will also match your information with other federal agencies to help determine your eligibility for benefits (e.g., with the Social Security Administration (SSA) to verify your SSN and citizenship or with Department of Homeland Security to verify if you are an eligible non-citizen) and with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to obtain your tax information to populate the FAFSA system. If you have a contributor(s) with an SSN, the Department will share their information with the SSA to verify their SSN and with the IRS to obtain their tax information to populate the FAFSA system.
The Department must keep this information for the length of your relationship with the Department. For example, if you receive a loan, the Department will keep your information for the full life of the loan (including all the years you are in repayment) and a period of time thereafter to ensure full closure of your loan and to meet various legal and regulatory requirements. If you receive a Pell Grant, the Department will keep your information to track how much you received in Pell Grants so you do not exceed lifetime limits set by law over the recipient’s lifetime
Whether or not you should fill out a FAFSA form is a decision that you should make with your family. It is important to note that, to the extent that you or a contributor has already provided the Department with information when creating a StudentAid.gov account or previously filling out the FAFSA form, the Department likely still has that information. In such an instance, the Department would only be adding updated information to the Department’s systems (e.g., income information, change in address) were you to submit a new FAFSA form. Moreover, any future changes to how the Department’s data are used or shared could apply to data already in its possession, as well as data it collects after the changes.
With this tool, students can find out how much federal student aid they may be eligible for starting with the 2024–25 award year—note that this tool estimates the Student Aid Index (SAI) for 2024–25 award year, not the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) for 2023–24 award year.
Click here to use the Federal Student Aid Estimator.
To apply for financial aid, complete the 2024–25 FAFSA® form.
To receive consideration for supplemental grant funding, the Financial Aid Office recommends finalizing your FAFSA by the following dates.
Delaware Scholarship Incentive Program
Eligible Delaware residents must be enrolled full-time in a degree program at a Delaware college to receive aid from the Delaware Scholarship Incentive Program. Awards are variable and will not exceed tuition, fees, and books. Students must file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before June 15. On January 2, 2024, the ScIP application will become available on the Delaware Department of Education website. Click on the Apply for Scholarships link at the top of the page, choose the ScIP scholarship, and provide your anticipated college enrollment information for the 2024-25 academic year by June 15, 2024.
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA)
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency awards grants in varying amounts to eligible students who are Pennsylvania residents attending a Delaware institution of higher education. Goldey-Beacom College is a participating institution with the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. Pennsylvania residents seeking funding for a PHEAA grant must file a PHEAA application form and a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The application deadline is June 1.
Eric Johnson
Director of Financial Aid
Azra Ozgul
Financial Aid Office Intern
Mark McGuire
Financial Aid Counselor
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