Financial Aid News
If you have already filed your 2016 income tax return, you may submit your FAFSA for the 2018-2019 academic year. The online application is available at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Don’t delay, file today!
For a tutorial on how to use the data retrieval tool, please click here.
Scholarship Deadlines
2019-2020 Foundation and Private Scholarship deadline is March 1st
Arkansas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Scholarship (AASFAA) deadline April 1st.
Financial Aid Disbursements
Pell Refund Checks will be mailed out 30-45 days after the first day of classes. Please check your Campus Connect for updates on when these checks are mailed.
The following is Student Loan Refund Information:
The dates listed below are the dates your loan will be credited to your account not the day they will be mailed.
Your STUDENT LOAN refund checks will be mailed 7-10 business days from the dates listed below.
Loan Disbursement Dates
Returning BRTC Students
| Loan Period | 1st Disb | 2nd Disb | 3rd Disb | 4th Disb |
| Fall & Spring | 9/6/18 | 10/15/18 | 2/7/19 | 3/25/19 |
| Fall Only | 9/6/18 | 10/15/18 | ———- | ———- |
| Spring Only | 2/7/19 | 3/25/19 | ———- | ———- |
1st Time Entering Students
| Loan Period | 1st Disb | 2nd Disb | 3rd Disb | 4th Disb |
| Fall & Spring | 9/21/18 | 10/15/18 | 2/7/19 | 3/25/19 |
| Fall Only | 9/21/18 | 10/15/18 | ———- | ———- |
| Spring Only | 2/14/19 | 3/25/19 | ———- | ———- |
