Summer tuition information can be found here.

Federal Pell Grant:

• Students must enroll by the Summer financial aid enrollment freeze date of June 17, 2025 for Pell Grant consideration.
• Aid offers will be finalized after the financial aid enrollment freeze date of June 17, 2025 to reflect actual and applicable credits.
• Due to the limitations regarding federal programs, not all students qualify for the Federal Pell Grant.
• Those who do qualify, generally, need to be enrolled for at least 6 applicable credits.
• However, there is a small percentage of students who could qualify for a smaller Pell Grant offer while enrolled for less than 6 applicable credits.

Federal Direct Student Loans:

• Students must be enrolled for at least 6 applicable credits to be eligible for student loans.
• Eligibility for student loans is also dependent upon whether or not a student borrowed a loan within the current academic year (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025), as well as other factors, such as SAP status and Cost of Attendance.

Not sure yet about your enrollment?

• The Financial Aid Office highly recommends that students meet with an academic counselor to go over an academic plan for Summer and if Summer is a right fit for your academic goals.
• Please visit the Leeward CC Counseling website for more information and to also schedule an appointment.

Concurrent Enrollment

• You may be eligible for financial aid if you are enrolled for courses at other University of Hawaii campuses IF the following conditions are met:
• Be enrolled for at least ONE Leeward CC course;
• Ensure the course(s) taken at the other UH campuses apply to your Leeward CC degree.
• Your aid eligibility for these courses will automatically be reviewed.

Summer aid eligibility is dependent upon the FAFSA results for the current aid year, cost of attendance, number of applicable credits enrolled for, whether or not aid was received for the current academic year (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025), and SAP status. 

Federal Pell Grant Offers

• Eligibility is determined by the information reported on the 2024-2025 FAFSA and is also based on the number of applicable credits the student is enrolled for.
• Initial offers will be based on 6 applicable credits.
• Students must enroll by the Summer financial aid enrollment freeze date of June 17, 2025 for Pell Grant consideration.
• Aid offers will be finalized after the financial aid enrollment freeze date of June 17, 2025 to reflect actual and applicable credits.

Student Loan Offers (Federal Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized Loans): If you have been offered a student loan for Summer and would like to Accept your Summer loan offer, you must complete the following steps by July 25, 2025.

Continuing student loan borrower (student loan(s) were accepted in Fall 2024 and/or Spring 2025):

• Complete the 2024-2025 Loan Request Form.
• On the form, indicate that the loan is for Spring 2025 only.
• In the “Additional Information/Comments” section, indicate that the loan request is for Summer 2025.

First-time student loan borrower for Summer:

• Complete the 2024-2025 Loan Request Form.
• On the form, indicate that the loan is for Spring 2025 only.
• In the “Additional Information/Comments” section, indicate that the loan request is for Summer 2025.
• Complete the online Loan Entrance Counseling.
• Complete the online Master Promissory Note (MPN).

Federal Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS): If you are a Dependent, Undergraduate student and your parent would like borrow a Parent Loan for your educational costs for Summer, the following must be completed:

• Student must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Form for the current 2024-2025 academic year with Leeward Community College.
• The parent must complete a Federal Direct PLUS Loan Application (select the option: “I am a Parent of a Student”).
• The parent must complete a Master Promissory Note (MPN) (select the option: “I’m a Parent of an Undergraduate Student”).
• If the Parent PLUS Loan is approved, our office will be notified and we will prepare an offer package for the student, as long as the student meets all other eligibility criteria.

For more information about student loans, please visit our website (scroll down to the “Educational Loans” section)

Loan Application Deadline: July 25, 2025

Yes, Federal Direct Student Loans are available for Summer to those who qualify. To be eligible for a student loan, these factors are taken into consideration: Cost of Attendance, must be enrolled for at least 6 applicable credits, whether or not student loan(s) were received in the current academic year (Fall 2024 and/or Spring 2025), and SAP status. For more information about student loans, please visit our website (scroll down to the “Educational Loans” section). All of the steps below MUST be completed by July 25, 2025.

Continuing student loan borrower (student loan(s) were accepted in Fall 2024 and/or Spring 2025):

• Complete the 2024-2025 Loan Request Form.
• On the form, indicate that the loan is for Spring 2025 only.
• In the “Additional Information/Comments” section, indicate that the loan request is for Summer 2025.

First-time student loan borrower for Summer:

• Complete the 2024-2025 Loan Request Form.
• On the form, indicate that the loan is for Spring 2025 only.
• In the “Additional Information/Comments” section, indicate that the loan request is for Summer 2025.
• Complete the online Loan Entrance Counseling.
• Complete the online Master Promissory Note (MPN).

The chart below indicates the student loan limits (for Direct Loans) that a student can borrow within one academic year. Leeward Community College uses Summer as a trailer for the current academic year. For example, our academic year includes Fall, Spring and Summer.

Example #1 (possible loan eligibility): A dependent, first-year student was offered $3,500 in student loans for the previous Fall and/or Spring semesters. For Summer, as long as the student meets aid eligibility requirements and is enrolled for 6 applicable credits, they can be eligible for $2,000 in student loans for Summer because the student has an academic year loan limit of $5,500 and did not borrow the maximum $5,500 in the previous Fall and/or Spring semesters.

Example #2 (no loan eligibility): A dependent, first-year student was offered $5,500 in student loans for the previous Fall and/or Spring semesters. For Summer, the student is not eligible for Federal Direct Loans because the student already borrowed their annual loan limit of $5,500. 

Federal Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized Annual Loan Limits

For more information about academic year loan limits, please visit the Federal Student Aid site.

Federal Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS)

Federal Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) is available to the parent(s) of classified dependent students who are enrolled at least half-time (6 credits) to help pay the cost of their educational expenses. PLUS loans can help pay for education expenses not covered by other financial aid. These loans are typically awarded to students who do not demonstrate financial need or may be used to supplement a Federal Direct Stafford loan. Parents are expected to begin making payments after the loan is fully disbursed, unless a deferment is requested.

Eligibility

• The parent (biological, adoptive, or in some cases, stepparent) of a dependent undergraduate student enrolled at least half-time.
• The parent must not have an adverse credit history.
• Students must meet all general eligibility requirements for federal student aid.
• Student must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Form for the current 2024-2025 academic year with Leeward Community College.
• The parent must complete a Federal Direct PLUS Loan Application (select the option: “I am a Parent of a Student”).
• The parent must complete a Master Promissory Note (MPN) (select the option: “I’m a Parent of an Undergraduate Student”). 

For more information about the PLUS Loan, please visit our website and click on the Parent Loan tab.

Alternative/Private Loan

Students who do not qualify for the Federal Direct Student Loans (Subsidized/Unsubsidized) or the Parent PLUS Loan may explore alternative/private loans to help with Summer costs. For more information, please visit our website and click on the Alternative Loan tab.

Once your 2024-2025 FAFSA application is complete, you have registered for Summer course(s), and you completed the Summer Financial Aid Survey (for Continuing Leeward CC students only), the review process will take anywhere between 2-3 weeks. Initial aid offers will start sometime in April/May. Please check your hawaii.edu email account for updates.

Summer Financial Aid Offers is based on 6-credit enrollment. If you are enrolled for more than 6 credits, please email our office at lccfao@hawaii.edu. Include your UH Student ID Number and let us know the exact number of credits that you are enrolled for in Summer and would like to request a re-evaluation of aid due to the increase in credits.

At the time of the Summer enrollment freeze date (June 17, 2025), our office will automatically review your aid offer and make any necessary adjustments to reflect your actual financial aid enrollment.

Note: You must be sure to remain in your course(s) and to actively attend and participate in your course(s). Withdrawals and/or Non-Participation may result in the reduction or cancellation of aid that was already offered to you. 

Any changes in your enrollment may result in the recalculation of your aid offer, which could lead to repayment of funds.

Complete Withdrawal

A complete withdrawal (including semesters where a student did not officially withdraw from courses but received all non-passing grades), can affect a student’s current financial aid (recalculation of aid and possible repayment of aid), eligibility for future aid, as well as personal finances (repayment of aid already disbursed). Federal regulations require Title IV financial aid to be offered under the assumption that a student will attend Leeward Community College for the entire period in which federal aid was offered.

For more information, please refer to Leeward Community College’s Return to Title IV Policy.

Federal Aid Requirements 

Federal Pell Grant and Federal Direct Student Loan recalculations apply to Summer courses in the same way they do in the regular academic year. This means that students must begin (and maintain) their attendance in all courses for which they receive a Federal Pell Grant or Federal Student Loan payment. 

Leeward Community College’s Summer financial aid enrollment freeze date is June 17, 2025 and applies to the Federal Pell Grant program only. Financial aid enrollment will be frozen as of this date and aid will be based on this enrollment level only and cannot be increased if students enroll for courses after this date.

For more information, please visit Leeward Community College’s website and click on the Disbursement Policy tab and scroll down and look for the section labeled “Enrollment Level and Enrollment Level Census Date.”

Federal Pell Grant Disbursement

Generally, Summer Pell Grant offers will disburse sometime during the first week of instruction for the earliest session in which you are enrolled, as long as no changes to your enrollment have occurred (changes in your registration). You may view the status of the disbursement by checking your MyUH Services account (click on “View My Student Account”).

Example #1: A student is enrolled for a total of 6 credits – 3 credits for Summer Session 1 and 3 credits for Summer Session 2 and has been offered aid for this enrollment level. As long as the student maintains this enrollment level in both Summer Sessions at the time of disbursement, the Federal Pell Grant offer will disburse sometime during the first week of instruction for the earliest session they are enrolled in, which is Summer Session 1.

Example #2: A student is enrolled in 6 credits for only Summer Session 2 and has been offered aid for this enrollment – 6 credits. As long as the student maintains this enrollment level in Summer Session 2 at the time of disbursement, the Federal Pell Grant offer will disburse sometime during the first week of instruction of Summer Session 2, since that is the only session the student is enrolled in.

Federal Direct Loan (Subsidized/Unsubsidized) Disbursement

Generally, Federal Direct Loan offers will disburse sometime during the first week of instruction for the session in which you are enrolled in. Loan disbursement requires that students be enrolled in a minimum of 6 applicable credits and the loan process also needs to be completed (see information below). 

If you are a brand-new Leeward Community College student for Summer, your Federal Direct Loan offer must be disbursed in two equal disbursements. As long as all eligibility criteria is met at the time of disbursement, the first disbursement will be sometime during the first week of instruction for the earliest session in which the student is enrolled in. The second disbursement will be at the midpoint of the Summer term, July 7, 2025. In addition, there may be delayed disbursements for brand new, first-time freshman student loan borrowers. Please see the examples below.

Example #1 (continuing Leeward Community College loan borrowers): A student is enrolled for a total of 6 credits – 3 credits for Summer Session 1 and 3 credits for Summer Session 2 and has been offered aid for this enrollment level. As long as the student maintains this enrollment level in both Summer Sessions at the time of disbursement, the Federal Direct Loan offer will disburse sometime during the first week of instruction for the earliest session they are enrolled in, which is Summer Session 1.

Example #2 (continuing Leeward Community College loan borrowers): A student is enrolled in 6 credits for only Summer Session 2 and has been offered aid for this enrollment – 6 credits. As long as the student maintains this enrollment level in Summer Session 2 at the time of disbursement, the Federal Direct Loan offer will disburse sometime during the first week of instruction of Summer Session 2, since that is the only session the student is enrolled in.

Example #3 (brand new Leeward Community College student in the Summer): A brand new Leeward Community College student (Summer 2025 only student) is enrolled for a total of 6 credits – 3 credits in Summer Session 1 and 3 credits in Summer Session 2 and has been offered a Federal Direct Loan for this enrollment level. As long as the student maintains this enrollment level for both Summer Sessions at the time of disbursement, the INITIAL disbursement of the Federal Direct Loan offer will disburse sometime during the first week of instruction for the earliest session they are enrolled in, which is Summer Session 1. The second loan disbursement will be made during the midpoint of the Summer Session, July 7, 2025. 

• For Summer only student loan borrowers, Federal regulation states that the Financial Aid Office must disburse loan offers in two equal disbursements within the entire Summer Session.
• For first-time freshman borrowers in the Summer who have NOT borrowed a student loan before, the first disbursement of your loan offer will be on a delayed schedule, per Federal regulations. Please see the section below regarding first-time freshman borrowers for more detailed information.

Example #4 (brand new Leeward Community College student in the Summer): A brand new Leeward Community College student (Summer 2025 only student) is enrolled for a total of 6 credits in only Summer Session 2 and has been offered a Federal Direct Loan. As long as the student maintains this enrollment level in Summer Session 2, the Federal Direct Loan offer will be disbursed (in its entirety but in two separate disbursements) sometime during the first week of instruction for Summer Session 2. The reason for this is because the midpoint of the Summer term (July 7, 2025) is during the first week of instruction for Summer Session 2, so there is no need to have a delayed second disbursement.

• For first-time freshman borrowers in the Summer who have NOT borrowed a student loan before, the first disbursement of your loan offer will be on a delayed schedule, per Federal regulations. Please see the section below regarding first-time freshman borrowers for more detailed information.

If you are a first-time freshman (in the Summer) and have NOT borrowed a student loan before, the first disbursement of your loan will be on a delayed disbursement (by federal regulation). This means that we are not able to disburse the first disbursement of your loan until 30 days AFTER the first day of the Summer session you are enrolled in.

For more information about financial aid disbursements, please visit our website and click on the Disbursement Policy. 

NOTE: If you have been offered a student loan for Summer, please keep in mind that in order for your loan to disburse, you must complete the following:

• Loan Request Form
• Select ‘Spring’ only loan.
• In the comments section, indicate that the loan request is for Summer 2025.
• Online Loan Entrance Counseling (only if you are a new student loan borrower in Summer).
• Online Master Promissory Note (MPN) (only if you are a new student loan borrower in Summer).

Loan Application Deadline: July 25, 2025

• Initial Summer Pell Grant Summer offers will generally be based on half-time enrollment or 6 credits.
• If you enroll for more than 6 credits, please email our office at lccfao@hawaii.edu. Include your UH Student ID Number and let us know the exact number of credits that you are enrolled for in Summer and would like to request a re-evaluation of aid due to the increase in credits.
• Must enroll for Summer course(s) by the Summer financial aid enrollment freeze date of June 17, 2025 for Pell Grant consideration.
• Pell Grant offers will be finalized after the financial aid enrollment freeze date of June 17, 2025 to reflect actual and applicable credits.
• Must be sure to remain in your course(s) and to actively attend and participate in your course(s). Withdrawals and/or Non-Participation may result in the reduction or cancellation of aid that was previously offered to you. In some cases, repayment of funds already disbursed to you may be required.

Federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Student Loans are offered based on your remaining academic year loan eligibility. This means that loans received during the previous Fall/Spring semesters are taken into account when reviewing loan eligibility for Summer. The annual/academic year loan limits are determined by the U.S. Department of Education.

Example: A dependent, first-year student was offered $5,500 in student loans for the previous Fall and/or Spring semesters. For Summer, the student is not eligible for Federal Direct Loans because the student already borrowed their annual loan limit of $5,500.

For more information about academic year loan limits, please visit the Federal Student Aid site.

Students who do not qualify for the Federal Direct Student Loans (Subsidized/Unsubsidized) or the Parent PLUS Loan may explore alternative/private loans to help with Summer costs. For more information, please visit our website and click on the Alternative Loan tab.

If you are currently NOT meeting our SAP requirements, then you are NOT eligible for Summer aid. You will be notified by email (to your Hawaii.edu email account) if you do not meet the SAP requirements. You may appeal this status if you experienced extenuating circumstances that prevented you from meeting the SAP requirements by completing the SAP Appeal form.

For more information, please visit our website and click on the Satisfactory Academic Progress tab (scroll and look for the section labeled, “Appeal Process”).

Non-degree seeking students are NOT eligible for financial aid.

For more information, please visit our website and review the Eligibility Requirements.

Alternative/Private educational loans are credit-based loans that require a credit check and, generally, a co-signer. They are not part of the Federal Direct Loan Program.

The loan period for Summer 2025 private loans is May 27, 2025, to August 14, 2025.

For more information, please visit our website and click on the Alternative Loan tab.

Your Summer financial aid offer cannot be appealed. However, if your current financial situation has changed since you filed your 2024-2025 FAFSA Form, please visit our website for information about Special Circumstances.

Please contact the Leeward Community College Financial Aid Office if you have any questions. Our contact information is listed at the bottom of this page.