Grants, scholarships, and Stafford loans are usually not available for summer terms. Therefore, funding for summer school is available in the form of other educational loans.

TCU Student Financial Services - summer tuition rates

TCU Residential Services - summer housing info

• All students needing funding for any summer school term may begin applying for loans beginning April 1, 2009.
• Please apply for your summer needs ONLY by choosing a loan period of 5/11/09 to 7/31/09 and by limiting your loan amount to the funding you will need for that time period.
• Additional loan applications should be completed for fall and spring costs once the student has received an award letter for those semesters.
• Loan applications that are processed with the same lender and within 90 days of one another will most often result in only one inquiry to the students and/or co-signer’s credit. Check with your lender to confirm their credit application policies.
• Some undergraduate students who plan to graduate in August 2009 or December 2009 may receive Stafford loans in summer.

College Access Loan for summer 2009

Students who have previously utilized funding from the state of Texas's College Access Loan (CAL) may apply for a maximum of $10,000 for the summer 2009 semester at TCU. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in a minimum of 6 hours for the summer semester, and have a 2009-2010 FAFSA on file at TCU. Important: If you will be applying for a CAL loan for summer as well as a CAL for fall/spring, you must wait a minimum of 2 weeks between these applications.

The student borrower for the CAL will require a credit-worthy cosigner if the student’s credit is not sufficient.  Click here to get more information and apply online.

Students also attending full-time in fall and spring of the 2009-2010 may have eligibility for additional CAL funding for those terms. Students who are eligible for CAL in fall 2009 and spring 2010 will have it included in their financial aid award package.

Please Note: Credit approval information is not available to TCU prior to disbursement of College Access Loans. Therefore, the TCU Financial Services office will not be able to consider these funds in their calculations of anticipated financial aid. You may be required to make a payment on your student account prior to loan disbursement.

Processing time on state loan programs can be up to 3 weeks and disbursements from the state can be delayed past university requested disbursement dates. During this extended processing time, pending proceeds from this loan will NOT be considered when calculating account balances and payment due amounts and finance charges WILL be assessed. If you cannot make payments to TCU on or before the billing due date, we strongly recommend that you select another type of loan program.

Please be sure to periodically check "Requested Information" on the financial aid website for any outstanding information needed to process your application. Awards will not disburse until all outstanding documents are submitted.