Credential Students
2025-26 FAFSA and CADAA Priority Filing Deadline Extended!
The Priority Filing Deadline for 2025-26 has been extended to April 2nd! This extension applies to all students statewide. Submit your FAFSA or CADAA by April 2, 2025 for the 2025-26 academic year (Fall 2025, Spring 2026, Summer 2026).
Have Questions or Need Help Filling out Your FAFSA or CADAA?
Our team is available to help. Join us in person or virtually at any of our workshops taking place through March 22, 2025.
Financial Aid for Credential Students
You can still complete your 2024-2025 FAFSA or CADAA!
Students who haven't yet submitted a FAFSA or CADAA are still encouraged to apply for aid for the 2024-25 academic year (through June 30, 2025). Keep in mind you may not be eligible for certain types of aid (including CPP or CA state-funded aid) since the priority deadline for 2024-25 has passed.
We encourage you to speak with a financial aid counselor if:
- you plan to take classes outside of the required Credential courses
- you plan to enroll in a Graduate Degree program
If you are dually enrolled as a credential and masters student, you are considered a graduate student for financial aid purposes; please review the sections of this site for Graduate students.
Program Eligibility
The U.S. Department of Education limits aid eligibility for credential programs to those programs that prepare a student for teaching in a classroom.
In order to be eligible to receive financial aid for your Credential Program, you must be enrolled in a program that prepares you for teaching in a classroom.
Programs at Cal Poly Pomona Eligible for Financial Aid:
- All Single Subject Credential Programs
- All Multiple Subject Credential Programs
- Intern Credential Program
- Preliminary Education Specialist Credential (Mild/Moderate Disabilities)
- Preliminary Education Specialist Credential (Moderate/Severe Disabilities)
- Adapted Physical Education Added Authorization (if taken concurrently with a basic credential program)
- Bilingual Authorization (if taken concurrently with a Single or Multiple Subject Credential program)
The following Added Authorizations are only eligible for federal loans (if taken after possessing an initial California State Credential):
- Adapted Physical Education Added Authorization
- Bilingual Authorization
The U.S. Department of Education limits aid eligibility for credential programs to those programs that prepare a student for teaching in a classroom.
The following programs do not prepare a student for teaching in a classroom setting. As a result, students enrolled in the following programs are not eligible for financial aid (Federal, State, Institutional Grants, Federal Direct Loans):
- Administrative Services Credential
- Agriculture Specialist Credential
- Reading and Literacy Added Authorization
