U.S. Applicants: Applying for Financial Aid

U.S. First-Year Applicants

We’ll need all financial aid application materials before we can put together an aid package for you, so keep deadlines and requirements in mind. When possible, we mail admissions decisions and aid packages at the same time.

Documents can be sent via the mail, fax (207-859-4828), or scan/email as a PDF to finaid@colby.edu. Please include the name of the student on all application materials. Colby College does not participate in the College Board's Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC).

Financial Aid Deadlines:

Apply for financial aid by submitting:

• FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) 
  Colby's FAFSA code number is 002039.
• College Board CSS Profile
  Colby's CSS code number is 3280.
• If your parents are self-employed or own a farm, please submit the College Board Business and Farm Supplement.
• Early Decision Candidates Only: Please submit parents' and students' 2011 income tax returns with all pages, schedules, and W-2's by Nov. 15 for ED I and by Jan. 1 for ED II.
• Colby does not collect noncustodial parent forms with the initial aid application. These forms may be required later in the process.
  
  

**If you or your parents are not required to file a 2012 U.S. federal tax return, please complete the appropriate non-filer statement and fax it to us (207-859-4828):

• Parent Non-Filer's Statement
• Student Non-Filer's Statement

To appeal your financial aid award, please complete our Request for Review form and submit it via mail, email (kstevens@colby.edu), fax.