Complete the 2026-2027 FAFSA for financial aid starting with the Fall 2026 semester. The QCC Financial Aid Office will begin mailing award offer letters for 2026-2027 in August. You will be notified if additional information is needed.
Important Fall 2026 Award Information: Please check your QCC student email regularly for updates, as well as The Q.
- Federal Student Loans will not appear on initial award offer letters. There are substantial changes to federal student loan eligibility effective starting with the Fall 2026 semester. Guidelines for these changes were only recently published and some questions are still being clarified by the US Department of Education, so systems to determine eligibility are still being built. These funds may take several weeks to award.
- Some State Grant funds will also be delayed. The MA Board of Higher Education is finalizing their budgets and guidelines for 2026-2027 and has not yet published the official amounts or eligibility criteria for Fall MASSGrant or Free Community College Allowances. We will add these funds to eligible student awards as the information is published, which we anticipate will be shortly before Bookstore Allowance processing begins at the end of August.
Fall 2026 Bookstore Allowances: The Bookstore Allowance process will begin at the end of August. Students who have been awarded financial aid at that time and whose awards exceed their tuition and fee charges will be notified by QCC student email when a Bookstore Allowance is available for use. An alternate process will be posted here in late August for students who have not yet been awarded or whose awards do not exceed their charges to request a review of their eligibility.
Summer Financial Aid: The Summer Financial Aid Application is no longer available; however eligible students enrolled in the summer will continue to be awarded federal financial aid and free community college grant funds. You will need a complete 2025-2026 FAFSA application on file for summer financial aid, including free community college grant funds. The federal deadline to submit a new 2025-2026 FAFSA was June 30, 2026. If you previously filed a 2025-2026 FAFSA, you can still making corrections and add QCC's school code.
Summer 2026 refund checks will be available starting in mid-July and will be generated weekly thereafter. Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 refund checks are mailed weekly. Funds will be disbursed to student accounts as they are received from the federal and state governments and eligibility is confirmed. Some funds may not disburse until later in the semester. Refund checks are created when the funds disbursed to the student's account exceed the tuition and fees charged.
Have you heard about Free Community College? Eligible MA residents can apply for financial aid and receive grant funding to cover their tuition and required fees. Many students will also qualify for an allowance for books and supplies! The first step is to submit your FAFSA!
Was your eligibility for financial aid suspended due to the Satisfactory Academic Progress policy? The Financial Aid Office has implemented a new online SAP Appeal Form for students who had extenuating circumstances. You must log into The Q to access the form.
Free FAFSA appointments are available at the QCC Financial Aid Help Center, if you need assistance. To make an in-person appointment with the QCC Financial Aid Help Center, sign in to EZQ.
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