Office of Financial Aid

Waynesburg University strives to make higher education affordable for all students. During the 2008-2009 academic year, more than eighty percent of the students attending the University received some form of financial aid assistance.

Waynesburg University processes aid from a wide variety of sources, including federal, state and institutional programs. For the 2008-2009 school year, we have awarded over thirty million dollars in aid to our students. This assistance includes: academic, merit based scholarships; federal, state and institutional grants; work-study opportunities; student or parent educational loans.  

Like most colleges and universities throughout the country, financial aid awards are based upon a student's and a family's demonstrated financial need. "Financial need" is determined by subtracting a student's expected family contribution (EFC) from the school's estimated cost of attendance (COA). The EFC is calculated by the Department of Education, which uses the information that the family submits annually on the federal need analysis application, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Application for financial aid, excluding merit scholarships, requires students and families to complete the FAFSA annually. The priority deadline for all new students is March 15th of each academic year. Financial aid applications received after the deadline will be processed on a rolling basis. For financial aid questions or information, please contact the Financial Aid Office at 724-852-3208 or finaid@waynesburg.edu.

Waynesburg University's Code of Conduct

Waynesburg University is committed to providing students and their families with the best information and processing alternatives available regarding student borrowing. In support of this and in an effort to rule out any perceived or actual conflict of interest between the University's officers, employees or agents and education loan lenders, Waynesburg University has adopted the following:

• We do not participate in any revenue-sharing arrangements with any lender.

• We do not permit any officer, employee or agent of the school who is employed in the financial aid office or is otherwise involved in the administration of education loans to accept any gifts of greater than a nominal value from any lender, guarantor or servicer.

• We do not permit any officer, employee or agent of the school who is employed in the financial aid office or is otherwise involved in the administration of education loans to accept any fee, payment or other financial benefit (including a stock purchase option) from a lender or affiliate of a lender as compensation for any type of consulting arrangement or contract to provide services to a lender or on behalf of a lender relating to education loans.

• We do not permit any officer, employee or agent of the school who is employed in the financial aid office or is otherwise involved in the administration of education loans to accept any thing of value from a lender, guarantor, or group of lenders and/or guarantors in exchange for service on an advisory board, commission or other group established by such a lender, guarantor group of lenders and/or guarantors.

• We do not assign a lender to any first-time borrower through financial aid packaging or any other means.

• We recognizes that a borrower has the right to choose any lender from which to borrow to finance his/her education and will not refuse to certify or otherwise deny or delay certification of a loan based on the borrower’s selection of a lender and/or guarantor.

• We will not request or accept any offer of funds to be used for private education loans to students from any lender in exchange for providing the lender with a specified number or volume of Title IV loans, or a preferred lender arrangement for Title IV loans.

• We will not request or accept any assistance with call center or financial aid office staffing.

 SELECTING A STAFFORD OR PLUS LOAN LENDER AND/OR GUARANTOR

Please note that, although our process directs you to select your lender and complete your MPN on the aesSuccess.org website, you are free to select any participating lender/guarantor that you wish.  If you do not wish to use AES as your guarantor or if you do not find a lender that you want to use on the AES MPN completion website, simply call our office at 724-852-3208 and we will assist you in determining the correct process for your lender/guarantor choice.  We want to assure you that we will not refuse to certify or otherwise deny or delay certification of a loan based on your selection of a lender and/or guarantor.