Scholarships & Financial Aid
1000 E. University Ave. Dept. 3335
Knight Hall, Room 174
Laramie, WY 82071-3335
Phone: (307) 766-2116
Fax: (307) 766-3800
Summer 2024 is considered part of the 2023-2024 academic year for financial aid purposes. Session dates and deadlines may be found on the Office of the Registrar’s Summer Session page.
Students enrolled at least half-time for the summer semester may be eligible for federal and scholarship aid. Please note, this is not the same as half-time status through the Office of the Registrar.
Undergraduate students: 6 credit hours
Graduate students: 4.5 credit hours
Pharmacy students: 6 credit hours
Law students: 3 credit hours (half-time for summer only)
Changes to summer enrollment can impact summer financial aid. Students should notify the Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid if you plan on dropping, withdrawing, or adding summer courses.
Reviews for summer financial aid will begin in the middle of April. Eligible awards will be available to view/accept in WyoRecords > Financial Aid > Award > Award for Aid Year and then select 2023-2024.
To be considered for Federal Loans, Pell Grant, or Summer Work-Study, students must:
Submit a 2023-2024 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) no later than June 30, 2024 at studentaid.gov, and include UW's school code (003932).
Log into WyoRecords at wyoweb.uwyo.edu
Select Financial Aid and then select Financial Aid Status
Select the Financial Aid Year 2023-2024 aid year (summer is a part of the same year as the spring term before it) and select Submit
Complete all items on the student's Summer Financial Aid Checklist
To be considered for the Summer Level Up Scholarship, students must:
Be a degree seeking undergraduate student with a minimum 2.5 Cumulative GPA.
Log into WyoScholarships
Complete the general application questions (if prompted) and select Finish and Submit when complete
Search for the Summer Level Up Scholarship Application and select Apply
Complete the application questions and select Finish and Submit when complete
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and scholarships will be awarded based on minimum qualifications met and available funds.
To be considered for the Hathaway Scholarship, students must:
Meet minimum qualifications for the scholarship as a first-time entering freshman student or as a continuing student.
Complete the University of Wyoming Summer Scholarship Request Form.
Note: The Hathaway Scholarship is restricted to 8 semesters of full-time use, or 96 total hours. Receiving Hathaway funds during any summer semester will reduce available scholarship aid in a future fall or spring semester.
To be considered for the Kickstart Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship, students must:
Complete the University of Wyoming Summer Scholarship Request Form if they received the Kickstart Wyoming's Tomorrow scholarship for spring 2024 semester.
Complete a scholarship application in WyoScholarships if they have not previously received Kickstart Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship.
Note: The Kickstart Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship is restricted to 4 semesters of full-time use, or a maximum of $7,200. Receiving Kickstart Wyoming's Tomorrow funds during any summer semester may reduce available scholarship aid in a future fall or spring semester. See important information below FAQ section.
Because summer semester has a variety of session lengths and occurs at the end of the academic year, it disburses differently than fall or spring semesters:
Federal aid (loans and grants) will disburse on the first day of your first scheduled course.
Scholarship aid will disburse on the first day of summer semester.
You cannot receive federal financial aid if you do not meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements at the end of spring semester. If you were previously awarded summer aid before your SAP was determined, the aid will be canceled, but you can submit a SAP appeal for reconsideration. If your SAP appeal is not approved, you may need to explore other payment options for summer semester, such as a payment plan or a private educational loan (one allowing a student to be on SAP and possibly meeting other eligibility criteria as determined by the lender).
The deadline to have your summer SAP appeal and supporting documentation submitted to our office is July 15. You may reach out to finaidappeal@uwyo.edu with any questions.You may be eligible for the Federal Pell Grant based on the following scenarios:
If you were enrolled in full-time* hours for both fall and spring semesters, you must enroll in at least 6 credit hours in summer semester to receive year-round Pell Grant.
If you were enrolled in less than full-time* hours in fall, spring, or both semesters, you might have remaining Pell Grant eligibility that could be received.
All undergraduate, first-degree seeking students will be evaluated for Pell Grant eligibility after they register for summer courses. If you are a transfer student, make sure that UW has been listed as a school on your 2023-2024 FAFSA.
*Full-time status for undergraduate students is enrollment in 12 credit hours per semester. Part-time status for undergraduate students is enrollment in anything less than 12 credit hours per semester.
Yes, some private student loans are available for summer semester, even if you are enrolled part-time*. You may review a list of lenders that UW students have successfully used for private loans.
*See definition of part-time status in this page’s introduction section above.
Currently summer Work-Study awards at UW have been reserved for College of Law students who are involved in summer law clinics. We can determine, on a case-by-case basis, if you may be eligible for summer Work-Study dependent on your summer enrollment after July 1. Please contact our office for more information.
Yes, you may apply for summer financial aid if you are taking any type of course, whether online, in-person, or a combination of both.
Your summer financial aid will first be applied to your summer tuition and fee charges, even though summer Cost of Attendance (COA) may include a living expenses component. If you are awarded more financial aid than you have tuition/fee charges, you will have a credit balance and will qualify to receive a refund. Your refund could be used to help pay for living expenses.
If you feel that your actual expenses exceed the standard summer COA, you can complete a COA Appeal.
You can combine your hours between two or more institutions to qualify for summer financial aid by using a consortium agreement as long as you are taking courses that are required for completion of your degree and the other institution(s) agrees to participate.
Consortium agreements require enrollment in at least 6 credit hours* at UW during fall or spring semesters, but the enrollment requirement for summer semester is only one (1) course at UW.
*Exceptions are the ReNew and Med Tech programs
Dropping a course, withdrawing from a course, or withdrawing from all courses may cause an adjustment to your summer financial aid package since there is not a date where enrollment locks as with other semesters. This could result in our office returning all, or a portion, of your federal aid which might result in you owing a balance to the University of Wyoming. This includes any necessary adjustments to the Pell Grant.
If you fail a summer course, it could adversely impact your meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements after summer semester in terms of GPA or Completion Percentage. That might impact your ability to receive federal aid for the next semester.
If you are a newly admitted Summer Bridge Scholar, your financial aid application process is identical to that of a newly admitted student. Simply follow the steps above under the Federal Aid section on this page.
In addition, be sure to follow all instructions provided by the Summer Bridge staff. Check with them for summer program related questions. More information about the Summer Bridge program is available.
Important dates for billing and payments are maintained by the Student Financial Services' office for each semester.
Please review the Student Financial Services’ website about withdrawals and refunds. The refund schedule is also accessible in WyoRecords under the Student Account tab.
We encourage you to sign up for electronic refunds (WyoRefunds) to expedite the refund process.
In 2022, the Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship (WTS) program and its initial endowment contribution of $10M was established by the Wyoming State Legislature. During that same 2022 legislative session, the WY legislature allocated $1.25M to "kickstart" scholarships with the same WTS student eligibility criteria and named it "Kickstart Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship" (KWTS) in an effort to support students during the WTS endowment's corpus maturity phase. In March 2024, the 2024 Legislative Session contributed the remaining funds to reach the mandated $50M WTS endowment corpus necessary to authorize student scholarship dividends beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year. During the same 2024 legislative session, an additional $2.5M was allocated to prolong KWTS awards until the 2025-26 award year begins for the WTS award disbursement. Once all legislatively appropriated KWTS funds are exhausted, KWTS awards shall be discounted and only scholarships awarded from the WTS endowment dividend shall remain in effect. Per Wyoming Legislature 2024 Session Laws, Chapter 118, Section 327(c) (page #355), students who receive KWTS may not receive WTS awards in any future semester of enrollment, even if the four full-time equivalent semesters of permitted usage are not exhausted.
Scholarships & Financial Aid
1000 E. University Ave. Dept. 3335
Knight Hall, Room 174
Laramie, WY 82071-3335
Phone: (307) 766-2116
Fax: (307) 766-3800