2025-2026 FAFSA Update

We’ve got some important updates to help you get ready for Fall 2025 at KCC:

• FAFSA 2025-2026: FAFSA forms will start being processed on May 1, and students will be notified after May 19, 2025.
• Check Your KCC Email: Your financial aid info will be sent to your KCC email. Be sure to check it often!
• Fall Classes: You can register now for Fall 2025 classes and set up your payment plan later.
• Payment Plan: If you’re using a payment plan, make sure it’s set up by July 8, 2025.
• Haven’t done your FAFSA yet? There’s still time! Go to www.studentaid.gov to complete it.

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Kellogg Community College’s Financial Aid Office is centrally located in the Hub Enrollment Center on KCC’s North Avenue campus in Battle Creek. The office can be reached at 269-965-4123 (phone), 269-966-4089 (fax) and finaid@kellogg.edu.

Please note: The Financial Aid Office will provide the majority of communications via the Financial Aid Self Service System through the Bruin Portal and also via KCC student email. Please become familiar with how to access your email.

Students are encouraged to continue checking their Bruin Portal Financial Aid Self Service and student email for updates.

Regular Office Walk-in Hours:

• 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays
• 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fridays (September-April)

Please note: Friday hours –

Closed on Fridays at Noon – May 16, 23, 30, August 1, 8, 15

Closed on Fridays from June 6 – July 25, 2025

Services available in the Financial Aid Office:

• Get assistance with completing the FAFSA
• Ask questions about scholarships or how to apply
• Discuss your current financial aid status
• Speak with the Certifying Veteran Affairs Official/Representative
• Understand your Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) status
• Speak with a Financial Aid Representative

Applying for Financial Aid

All students seeking financial aid to pay for college should begin by filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). FAFSA Applications for financial aid should be received at least 60 days prior to the first enrollment semester each year to guarantee eligible funds for the start of that semester.

KCC School Code for the FAFSA is 002276.

Submitting Required Documentation

Completed and signed verification documents can be submitted to our office virtually by taking a photo of your documentation and submitting in jpg or pdf format by email to finaid@kellogg.edu or by faxing to 269-966-4089. Documentation can also be submitted in person in the Hub Enrollment Center. There is also a drop-box located at the Student Center entrance for documents submitted before or after our regular hours. Documents may also be mailed to:

Kellogg Community College
Financial Aid Office
450 North Ave.
Battle Creek, MI 49017

Resources

For more information on retaining your financial aid, view our Financial Aid Quick Reference Guide. For information regarding our financial aid policies, view our Financial Aid Complete Reference Guide.

Upcoming Financial Aid Deadlines

• June 9, 2025: Summer Priority Processing Deadline (verification, appeals, and loan requests)

Financial Aid & Textbooks

Textbooks will be available in the Bruin Bookstore prior to the beginning of each semester. Students are able to apply or charge their book cost to their awarded financial aid. The LAST day financial aid students may charge their books to their financial aid are:

• Summer 2025 – May 30 , 2025

Refund Payment Dates

All loans that are awarded for the fall and spring semesters will be split into multiple disbursements. If you have been awarded a fall and spring loan, your loan will be split into four equal disbursements, two in the fall and two in the spring.

• 9/20/24: Fall refund for grants and scholarships
• 10/11/24: Fall refund for first half of Fall loans
• 10/25/24: Fall refund for second half of Fall loans
• 2/14/25: Spring refund for grants, scholarships, and first-half of spring loans
• 2/21/25: Spring refund for first-half of spring first-time loan borrowers’ loans
• 3/7/25: Spring refund for second-half of all spring loans
• 6/6/25: Summer refund for grants, scholarships, and first-half of summer loans
• 6/27/25: Summer refund for summer first-time loan borrowers’ loans
• 7/3/25: Summer refund for second-half of all summer loans

REMINDER: Electronic deposits of financial aid refunds may take three to five business days to be processed and deposited into the bank accounts designated by students in the Bruin Portal under the Banking Information section.