NASFAA U Online Courses

This four-week interactive online course will focus on the fundamentals of financial aid including applying, financial aid concepts, categories and types of financial aid, the Title IV aid programs, other federal sources of student assistance, and comparing financial aid offers. This course is the perfect learning tool for new financial aid professionals, and individuals who assist students through the financial aid cycle such as admissions or enrollment representatives, and high school counselors.

This four-week interactive online course will focus on the 2025-2026 processing year, and concentrates on the principles of verification, information subject to verification, acceptable documentation, processing data corrections, how to verify applicant files in accordance with Title IV verification requirements, and options for institutional verification. This course is the perfect learning tool for financial aid professionals designed to provide the necessary tools and subject matter expertise to guide you through the verification process.  

This four-week interactive online course provides an overview of general Title IV student eligibility criteria and documentation requirements. Course participants will learn the role of the FAFSA Processing System (FPS), database matches, and the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), as well as how specific educational programs affect Title IV student eligibility. This course is the perfect learning tool for financial aid professionals designed to provide the necessary tools and subject matter expertise to help you understand the student eligibility rules and regulations. Live instruction, discussion topic collaboration, and assessments throughout the course will reinforce key concepts. Upon passing the course, you will receive complimentary access to the credential test. 

This five-week interactive online course provides an overview of the return of Title IV funds (R2T4) regulations. Course participants will learn what happens to Title IV funds when a student withdraws before completing the period of enrollment, withdrawal from programs offered in modules, and how to apply the R2T4 formula in order to calculate the amount the school must return to the Title IV programs, or the amounts the student could receive as post-withdrawal disbursement. This course is the perfect learning tool for intermediate and advanced level financial aid professionals designed to provide the necessary tools and subject matter expertise to guide you through the R2T4 process. If you meet the qualification requirements, you may also qualify for the Return of Title IV Funds Specialist designation. 

This four-week interactive course is designed for the financial aid professional who seeks to better understand the fundamental concepts pertaining to strategic enrollment management. Financial aid administrators who are exposed to enrollment management concepts are better able to operate within an enrollment management framework, support institutional goals and objectives, and advance into enrollment management positions. This course is facilitated by NASFAA U instructors and will feature enrollment management and financial aid professionals as guests. Live instruction, discussion topics, and assessments throughout the course will reinforce key concepts. Upon passing the course, you will receive a certificate of completion.

This four-week interactive online course will focus on a comprehensive review of the concept of professional judgment. Instruction provided will examine the guiding principles for the use of professional judgment and explore its impact on student eligibility and financial assistance. This course is the perfect learning tool for all levels of financial aid professionals designed to provide the necessary tools and subject matter expertise to understand when professional judgment can and cannot be applied. Live instruction, discussion topics collaboration, and assessments throughout the course will reinforce key concepts. 

This four-week interactive online course will focus on cost of attendance (COA) components and calculations, including the items that must be included in a student's COA and those which can be applied through the use of Professional Judgment (PJ). They’ll also cover COA construction and elements of a school's COA policies and procedures, including policies on required and optional COA recalculations. This course is the perfect learning tool for a wide range of financial aid professionals, from those new to the field to those with more experience who want to review their school's COA methods and policies.  Upon passing the course, you will receive complimentary access to the credential test. 

This four-week interactive online course will focus on the fundamentals of financial aid including applying, financial aid concepts, categories and types of financial aid, the Title IV aid programs, other federal sources of student assistance, and comparing financial aid offers. This course is the perfect learning tool for new financial aid professionals, and individuals who assist students through the financial aid cycle such as admissions or enrollment representatives, and high school counselors. 

This four-week interactive online course will focus on the 2026-2027 processing year, and concentrates on the principles of verification, information subject to verification, acceptable documentation, processing data corrections, how to verify applicant files in accordance with Title IV verification requirements, and options for institutional verification. This course is the perfect learning tool for financial aid professionals designed to provide the necessary tools and subject matter expertise to guide you through the verification process.  

This four-week interactive online course will focus on an overview of the required and optional elements of an institutional satisfactory academic progress policy. Course topics include calculating pace, student appeals, the impact of transfer credits, and the use of academic plans.  This course is the perfect learning tool for financial aid professionals designed to provide the necessary tools and subject matter expertise to guide you through the satisfactory academic progress process.

This five-week interactive online course provides an overview of the return of Title IV funds (R2T4) regulations. Course participants will learn what happens to Title IV funds when a student withdraws before completing the period of enrollment, withdrawal from programs offered in modules, and how to apply the R2T4 formula in order to calculate the amount the school must return to the Title IV programs, or the amounts the student could receive as post-withdrawal disbursement. This course is the perfect learning tool for intermediate and advanced level financial aid professionals designed to provide the necessary tools and subject matter expertise to guide you through the R2T4 process. If you meet the qualification requirements, you may also qualify for the Return of Title IV Funds Specialist designation. 

This four-week collaborative online course will focus on the building blocks of Title IV program eligibility. Concepts such as academic year, payment periods, and program structure will be defined and illustrated as emerging academic program structures test the traditional basis of determining program eligibility and packaging students with Title IV aid. In addition to covering the structures of standard terms, nonstandard terms, and programs without terms, this course will cover how modules, summer terms, intersessions, and clinicals impact the packaging and disbursements of Title IV aid. This course will provide you with basic concepts that will help inform your conversations and choices about program structure. Upon passing the course, you will receive a certificate of completion.

This four-week interactive course provides participants with an overview of administrative capability. Administrative capability is at the heart of the Title IV regulations, encompassing many of the measures of an institution’s Title IV eligibility. Demonstrating administrative capability to participate in the Title IV programs involves virtually every office within an institution, making compliance a campus-wide commitment and responsibility. This course is the perfect learning tool for financial aid professionals and campus partners designed to provide the necessary tools and resources to assist with being administratively capable on your campus. Live instruction, discussion topic collaboration, and assessments throughout the course will reinforce key course concepts. 

This four-week interactive online course will focus on the fundamentals of financial aid including applying, financial aid concepts, categories and types of financial aid, the Title IV aid programs, other federal sources of student assistance, and comparing financial aid offers. This course is the perfect learning tool for new financial aid professionals, and individuals who assist students through the financial aid cycle such as admissions or enrollment representatives, and high school counselors.