Common Financial Aid Questions

Yes. You’ll be automatically considered for all of our merit scholarships when you apply for admissions to Hopkins. If selected, you’ll receive notification at the time of your admissions decision. To learn more, visit Merit Scholarships.

Yes. If you’d like to request financial aid, indicate this on your admissions application and complete the CSS profile. We’re need-aware for international students—meaning that financial circumstances are considered in the admissions process—so it’s important that you apply for financial aid at the same time as you apply for admission because you will not be able to reapply later on. Once we receive your application, we’ll reach out via email if we need additional information from you and your family.

Yes. We’re need-blind for transfer applicants who are applying as domestic students (U.S. citizens, permanent residents, eligible non-citizens, or students with DACA or undocumented status), meaning that students and their family’s financial circumstances don’t factor into your admissions decision. Currently, we don’t offer financial aid for international transfer students.

If you’re admitted to the Peabody Double Degree Program, you’ll receive financial aid through Homewood Student Financial Support, not Peabody.

You’ll pay Bloomberg School of Public Health tuition during your fifth and sixth years. As long as you’re enrolled at MSPH full-time, you’ll receive a 75% tuition scholarship in your second year. Because the MHS in Health Economics is a nine-month degree, it’s excluded from this scholarship.

You’ll pay SAIS tuition during your fourth and fifth years of study, though Homewood financial aid still applies during your fourth year. Financial assistance for the fifth or sixth year is determined by SAIS and isn’t guaranteed.

Yes. You and your custodial parent (the parent you live with the most) will complete a CSS Profile together. Your non-custodial parent will also need to fill out their own CSS Profile.

Only your custodial parent needs to submit the FAFSA. If you live with both parents equally, the parent who provided the most financial support over the past year should submit the FAFSA.

We realize that issues of college support may be complicated in divorced and separated families, and we evaluate each situation individually. If you believe special circumstances exist in your family, please review the CSS Profile Waiver Request for the Noncustodial Parent.

Parent financial information is a major factor in determining financial aid eligibility, but we understand that sometimes extraordinary circumstances make this information impossible or unsafe to obtain. If this is the case for you, please contact your financial aid adviser who can advise you of next steps.

If your family has a 529 account, you should report the value on the FAFSA and CSS Profile as a parental asset, just like you would any other investment or savings account.

After you submit your financial aid application, we’ll email you with instructions for accessing our applicant portal—you’ll be able to check the status of your documents there.

If your FAFSA is selected for verification, don’t worry. It’s a common step in the financial aid application process. Students can be selected at random or because of an error or discrepancy in the information provided on the FAFSA. Either way, we’ll work with you to get everything taken care of. Review and submit the documents on your financial aid to-do list no later than August 1. When we receive them, we’ll compare the data to your FAFSA and make any necessary corrections before submitting it to the federal processor. If the corrections impact your financial aid, we’ll notify you via email.

If you complete your financial aid application on time, we’ll notify you of your eligibility when you receive your admissions decision. If you submit your application after the deadline, you’ll still receive the same consideration for financial aid, but there may be a delay in your notification.

If you are applying as a domestic student (U.S. Citizen, permanent resident, eligible non-citizen, or have DACA or undocumented status), you’ll need to reapply for need-based financial aid each year. If you’re an international student, you won’t need to reapply each year. Most families receive a similar offer from year to year, but changes to your household or financial circumstances may impact your eligibility.