Financial Aid
Many adult students seek out financial aid options to help them achieve academic success. More than half of the current adult learners at Indiana Wesleyan Unversity receive financial aid and believe the benefits of this quality of education outweigh the costs.
Talk to your employer about education reimbursement. Indiana Wesleyan University's works closely with many employers in your area.
Financial aid recipients are required to maintain satisfactory academic progress in their course of study. Students are required to attend the necessary class sessions per the APS Academic Attendance and Tardy Policy. Students receiving Financial Aid are required to complete their program within a maximum period of 1.5 times the standard program length.
Military Discount
Indiana Wesleyan University's College for Adult and Professional Studies offers tuition discounts to all military, including members of Reserves, the National Guard and their spouses. Tuition fees are discounted for both bachelor's and master's degree programs.
Indiana Wesleyan University designed this program so that busy adults can choose to study completely online or take classes on-site, one night a week, at a variety of locations throughout Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Students register only once for courses, and books and materials are delivered directly to them.
Military personnel can choose from a wide array of degree programs, including accounting, business administration, criminal justice, business information systems marketing and management.
You have the right to know the following:
- What financial aid is available, including information on all Federal and State programs?
- The cost of attending the programs and the school's refund policy.
- The criteria used by the institution to select the financial aid recipients.
- How the school determines your financial need. This process includes how costs for tuition and fees, books, and living expenses are considered in your budget.
- What resources (such as employer reimbursement, other financial aid, etc.) are considered in the calculation of your need?
- How much of your financial need, as determined by the institution, has been met.
- An explanation of the various programs in your student aid package. If you believe you have been treated unfairly, you may request reconsideration of the award which was made to you.
- What portion of the financial aid you received must be repaid, and what portion is grant aid?
- If the aid is a loan, you have the right to know what the interest rate is, the total amount that must be repaid, the pay back procedures, the length of time you have to repay the loan and when the repayment is to begin.
Your responsibilities are the following:
- Review all information about the school's program before you enroll
- Complete all applications forms accurately and in a timely manner with the correct address.
- Pay special attention to, and accurately complete, your application for student aid. Errors can result in delays of receipt of your financial aid. Intentional misreporting of information on application forms for federal financial aid is a violation of law and is considered a criminal offense subject to penalties under the U.S. Criminal Code.
- Read and understand the all forms that you are asked to sign and keep copies of them.
- Return all additional information, verification, corrections and/or new information requested by either the APS Financial Aid Office or the agency to which you submitted your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Accept responsibility for all agreements you sign.
- If you have a loan, notify the lender of changes in your name, address or school status.
- Know and comply with the deadlines for application or reapplication for aid.
- Know and comply with your school's refund policy procedure.