Financial Services

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What's New?

Attend your Fall 2024 courses! If you are registered for classes, you must attend your classes in order to receive financial aid for that course. If you do not attend (or for online coursework actively participate), your financial aid will be reduced. QCC offers many support services to help you succeed.

Have you heard about free community college through MassEducate and MassReconnect? Effective Fall 2024, 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 2024-2025 FAFSA!  

Fall 2024 refund checks will be available starting in late October/early November. Funds will be disbursed to student accounts as they are received from the federal and state government. Some funds may not disburse until later in the semester as a result.  Refund checks are created when the funds disbursed to the student's account exceed the tuition and fees charged. 

File your 2024-2025 FAFSA - it is not too late!  There are major changes to the application, so be sure to read the instructions carefully.  

  • If you submitted a 2024-2025 FAFSA already, you can update or correct your FAFSA, if needed.
  • Check your file on The Q.  Respond to any requests for additional information.
  • Award Offer letters are going out every week. If you have not received an award offer letter yet, do not worry! If your file is complete, your courses will be held for you while we determine your eligibility. You can and should attend your courses!

Free FAFSA appointments are available at the QCC Financial Aid Help Center and MassEdCO, if you need assistance.

  • To make an in-person appointment with the QCC Financial Aid Help Center, sign in to EZQ.
  • To make a virtual or in-person appointment with MassEdCO, click here.

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Important Information About Your Financial Aid

  • Once the Financial Aid Office receives your missing documents, it can take up to three business days before The Q  is updated.

  • QCC has partnered with ProVerifier+ to assist with the verification process. If your FAFSA was selected for verification, you may receive an email with separate portal access including instructions on how to complete verification with ProVerifier+. Information requested within the ProVerifier+ portal must be returned through the ProVerifier+ portal (not to QCC directly).

    Students can agree to their Credit Balance Authorization electronically. When you login to The Q, a pop up appears and you can either “agree” or “disagree” to allow QCC to apply your financial aid to all charges on your bill. You can agree even if you do not currently have financial aid, but may in the future as this agreement is active for the duration of your enrollment at QCC.

 

Deadlines

Financial Aid:

QCC's priority filing deadline is April 1st* for the FALL semester and October 1st for the SPRING semester.  All students must complete a FAFSA to apply.  We will continue to process applications received after these deadlines.
*The Fall 2024 FAFSA deadline was extended to June 1st due to the delays in the 2024-2025 FAFSA rollout.
 
 
Business Office - Student Payments:         
 
Bill Due Dates: 
Fall 2024- August 21, 2024
Intersession 2025- Due Upon registration
Spring 2025- January 15, 2025
 
You will receive an Enrollment Verification email to your student email when your bill is ready to be viewed on The Q -  you will NOT receive a paper bill in the mail.  Your Course and Fee Statement available on The Q represents your bill. If you register after the bill due date payment is due upon registration.
 
If you receive an email and/or phone message that you are in danger of losing your classes please take this seriously and follow up with the Business Office.  If you have previously been advised that your classes have been saved this is no longer the case.  If we do cancel your classes you will receive an email notification to your student email account and a phone message both notifying you that your classes were dropped for non-payment.
 

Health Insurance Waiver

The Fall 2024 Health Insurance Waiver opens on July 1, 2024. 
 
To waive your insurance charge because you have comparable coverage, please visit Gallagher.  
 
If you waived the insurance in the Fall 2024 semester, the Spring 2025 charge will be removed from your account in early January 2025. Please do not complete the waiver again
 
You must be enrolled for courses before you complete the waiver. Make sure you are NOT logged into The Q before selecting the link. 

Contact Us

Financial Aid Office

670 W. Boylston Street
Worcester, MA 01606
Phone: (508) 854-4261
FAX: (508) 854-7432
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Office Hours:
Monday- Thursday 8:00am- 6:00pm
Friday 8:00am-12:00pm
 
Virtual Drop-in Financial Aid Assistance

We are happy to offer virtual drop-in hours for general financial aid questions during the following times:

  • Tuesdays: 2:00- 4:00 p.m. (Zoom)
  • Thursdays: 9:00- 11:30 a.m. (Zoom)

One-on-One Appointments

If you need remote help with the following, please email contact us for an appointment:

  • Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
  • FSA User ID
  • Entrance Counseling & Master Promissory Note
 
 

Business Office - Student Payments

670 W. Boylston Street
Worcester, MA 01606
Phone: (508) 854-4560
Fax: (508) 854-4553
Administration Building
Room B07-A
 
In Person -log in to visit us:
Text the word quinsig to 508-315-6028 to get your place in line 
     
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am-12:00 pm