Financial Aid News
If you have already filed your 2017 income tax return, you may submit your FAFSA for the 2019-2020 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
- Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Deadline is July 1st.
- Arkansas Challenge Scholarship Deadline is July 1st.
Pell Refund Checks Disbursements
Pell Refund Checks will be mailed out 30-45 days after the first day of classes. Please check myBRTC for updates on when these checks are mailed.
Student Loan Disbursement Dates
The dates listed below are the dates your loan will be credited to your account, not the day loans will be mailed.
Your STUDENT LOAN refund checks will be mailed 7-10 business days from the dates listed below.
SUMMER 2019
Loan Disbursement Dates
| Returning Students | Loan Period | 1st Disbursement | 2nd Disbursement |
| Intersession, Summer I | May 20 –June 27 | June 11 | July 16 |
| Intersession, Summer II | May 20 –Aug 1 | June 11 | July 16 |
| Intersession, Sum I and II | May 20 –Aug 1 | June 11 | July 16 |
| Summer I Only | June 3 –June 27 | June 11 | July 16 |
| Summer II Only | July 8 –Aug 1 | July 16 | July 16 |
| Summer I and Summer II | June 3 – Aug 1 | June 11 | July 16 |
| 1st Time Entering | Loan Period | 1st Disbursement | 2nd Disbursement |
| Intersession, Summer I | May 20 –June 27 | July 16 | —————– |
| Intersession, Summer II | May 20 – Aug 1 | July 16 | —————– |
| Intersession, Sum I and II | May 20 –Aug 1 | June 11 | July 16 |
| Summer I Only | June 3 –June 27 | Not Eligible | Not Eligible |
| Summer II Only | July 8 – Aug 1 | Not Eligible | Not Eligible |
| Summer I and Summer II | June 3 – Aug 1 | Not Eligible ** | July 16 |
** too few days for a 1st disbursement