Financial Aid Forms

Recommended for all U.S. Citizens and eligible non-citizens.

• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

Residence of Texas citizens wishing to apply for the Tuition Equalization Grant. Also open to students who are not United States citizens, but who are Texas residents.

• Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA)

In order to apply federal funds to educational charges other than tuition, fees, and room and board contracted with the university, the student must provide written consent. This form is authorization to allow your excess Federal Title IV program funds (grants and loans) to be applied to other allowable educationally related charges (books, supplies, insurance, student life packages, library fines, parking tickets, late fees, etc.) while attending DBU.

• 2025-26 Authorization to Apply Federal Title IV Program Fund Form
• 2024-25 Authorization to Apply Federal Title IV Program Fund Form

Use this form to request an adjustment to your cost of attendance due to change in enrollment status, graduation plans and/or housing plans, or other expenses not considered as part of a standard cost of attendance/student budget.

This form is to decrease or decline subsidized, unsubsidized student loans that have previously disbursed. Please note that reducing or cancelling a loan may create a balance due on your account.

• 2025-26 Budget/Enrollment Form
• 2024-25 Budget/Enrollment Form

If the admissions application indicates you aren’t a U.S. citizen or permanent resident but that you may qualify for residency based on Texas high school graduation, you will be prompted to download and submit the Affidavit of Permanent Resident Intent form. The form must be completed, signed, notarized and submitted to the university financial aid office.

If a person who is not a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident meets specific eligibility requirements, he/she must also complete an affidavit stating an intent to apply for permanent resident status in the United States as soon as he/she meets federal eligibility requirements for such status. (U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents of the U.S. DO NOT need to complete this form.)

• 2025-26 Affidavit of Permanent Resident Intent
• 2024-25 Affidavit of Permanent Resident Intent

Section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended, [20 USC 1087ll], an allowance must be made to the cost of attendance for “students who live in housing located on a military base or for which a basic allowance is provided under section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, shall be an allowance based on the expenses reasonably incurred by such students for board but not for room”.

• 2025-26 BAH Form
• 2024-25 BAH Form

This form is to decrease or decline subsidized, unsubsidized student loans that have previously disbursed. Please note that reducing or cancelling a loan may create a balance due on your account.

• 2025-26 Direct Loan Adjustment Form
• 2024-25 Direct Loan Adjustment Form

This form is to decrease or decline subsidized, unsubsidized student loans that have previously disbursed. Please note that reducing or cancelling a loan may create a balance due on your account.

• 2025-26 Parent Plus Loan Change Form
• 2024-25 Parent Plus Loan Change Form

This form is used to create a job description for a work-study position.

• 2024-25 Work-Study Job Description

This is a voluntary authorization but if you decide not to submit the e-Consent you should be aware that no access will be allowed to your financial aid portal, and no electronic correspondence or email communication will be permitted with the Financial Aid office. Note that manual, non-electronic alternatives will result in longer and delayed processing times and not all services may be available through non-electronic means.

• Financial Electronic Communication Consent

The Office of Financial Aid will provide information across many platforms to individual students. These platforms will include electronically transmitted information, conventional mailings, and portals such as MyDBU.

Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, all students that have been offered Federal Financial Aid will be required to agree to the Financial Aid Terms and Conditions to review his/her offer letter in financial aid self-service. 

The Financial Aid Terms and Conditions allow students the opportunity to authorize applying Federal Title IV Program Funds to pay for books and other charges. Students will have the opportunity to accept electronic communication for financial aid information, notification, and transactions. No access will be allowed to the students' financial aid offer letter, and no electronic correspondence or email communication will be permitted with the Financial Aid office until the terms and conditions are accepted. Manual, non-electronic alternatives will result in longer and delayed processing times, and not all services may be available through non-electronic means.

Students that desire to decline the consent to the electronic communication portion of the Financial Aid Term and Conditions must complete the following steps in his/her financial aid self-service portal:

• Select Financial Aid 
• Select Correspondence Option
• Check the box and submit to agree to receive hard copies of your Financial Aid correspondence

This is an application (for parents and students) to request a password reset for entry into Financial Aid Verification Forms at dbu.verifymyfafsa.com. Students and/or parents will receive a password reset notification via email and/or text within 24 to 48 hours during business hours.

• Financial Aid Password Reset

This form allows a DBU Financial Aid Administrator to make changes to your completed FAFSA. (EX: Change student status from undergraduate to graduate).

• 2025-26 Permission to Make Adjustments to FAFSA
• 2024-25 Permission to Make Adjustments to FAFSA

Students who are residents of Texas and who would like to be considered for Texas grants or loans must complete the Texas Residency Determination Form. Awarding is initially based on 15 hours per semester for undergraduate students, 6 hours per semester for graduates, and 3 hours per semester for doctoral students.

The completion of this form will provide the necessary documentation for DBU to determine your state residency status. Please complete, sign, and promptly return all pages. Failure to return the completed form could result in the cancellation of state, grant, or loan funding that you are currently receiving.

• 2025-26 Texas Residency Determination Form
• 2024-25 Texas Residency Determination Form

A student who is ineligible for a TEG award based on grade point average (GPA), completion rate, or number of completed hours for satisfactory academic progress, or enrollment less than three-quarter time may be deemed eligible under a hardship provision. The State of Texas allows that, in the event of a hardship or for other good cause, universities may allow an otherwise ineligible student to receive a TEG award.

• 2025-26 Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG) Hardship Appeal
• 2024-25 Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG) Hardship Appeal

If a student’s Federal Financial Aid has been suspended due to the failure to meet Federal Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements, complete the form through your StudentForms account.

• Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Appeal Form

The Office of Financial Aid understands that students experience unique circumstances that may cause them not to meet certain requirements for receipt of their DBU scholarship awards. Students who do not meet established scholarship renewal criteria can complete the form before or during the semester that the student is requesting the reinstatement of their scholarships. Students will receive a decision via email approximately two weeks after the committee review takes place. However, during the start of the semester, processing time may be delayed. For questions concerning the appeal criteria and requirements, email the Office of Financial Aid at finaidscholarships@dbu.edu or call (214) 333-5363.

• DBU Scholarship Appeal Form