CAS Dates & Deadlines 2025-2026
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Here are important financial aid dates and deadlines for the 2025-2026 academic year:
December, 2024
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) available for 2025-2026.
Late January, 2025
- Bethel starts preparing/sending financial aid offers for new/prospective students for the upcoming school year.
February 1, 2025
- Application deadline for music performance scholarships.
February 10, 2025
- Departmental scholarship applications are due for returning students.
February 15, 2025
- Application deadline for the Finance scholarship.
- Application deadline for Actuarial Science and Finance scholarship.
March 1, 2025
- Application deadline for the Holman Chemistry Scholarship.
April 15, 2025
- Priority deadline for new students to apply for financial aid for the upcoming academic year. Later applications will be processed, but may receive reduced funding.
May, 2025
- Bethel starts sending financial aid offers for returning students.
May 15, 2025
- Student employment application due for new students.
- Priority deadline for returning students to apply for financial aid for the upcoming academic year.
June 1, 2025
- Application deadline for the George Floyd Scholarship.
July 1, 2025
- We recommend all families submit verification materials by July 1, prior to starting the fall term.
- Begin all loan processes by this date to ensure funds will be received in time for the beginning of fall term.
July 15, 2025
- Enrollment opens for the optional monthly payment plan for fall semester.
July 31, 2025
- Deadline to complete the 2025-2026 FAFSA for Minnesota State Grant consideration for 2025-2026.
August 25, 2025
- Bill due for fall 2025 semester. Classes begin Wednesday, August 27.
- Enrollment Checklist due.
August 27, 2025
- Fall classes begin.
September 3, 2025
- Partnership Scholarship forms and matching funds checks due for church partnership scholarships.
September 11, 2025
- The Financial Aid Office begins adjusting aid for students who do not meet eligibility requirements (e.g. enrolled less than full time and Minnesota State Grant adjustments).
December 1, 2025
- Last day to request a loan for fall 2025.
December 12, 2025
- Last day to submit a special circumstances appeal form for fall 2025.
February 10, 2026
- Departmental Scholarship applications are due for returning students.
February 16, 2026
- Bethel begins adjusting aid for spring 2026 for students who do not meet eligibility requirements (e.g., enrolled less than full time, and Minnesota State Grant adjustments).
May 8, 2026
- Last day to request a loan for spring 2026.
May 22, 2026
- Last day to submit a special circumstances appeal form for spring 2026.
June 30, 2026
- Deadline to complete the 2025-2026 FAFSA.