Financial Aid: Transfer Students

Applying For Transfer to Bucknell for the Spring 2024-25 Academic Year:

To apply for financial aid, students transferring to Bucknell University must:

1. Complete the 2024-25 College Scholarship Service (CSS) PROFILE at student.collegeboard.org/profile. CSS code: 2050
2. Complete the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at fafsa.ed.gov (required for all federal aid programs such as Federal Pell Grant, Federal Direct Loans and Federal Work-study). FAFSA code: 003238
3. Non-custodial parents must complete the non-custodial application, noted as Household B in the CSS Profile.
4. Submit to Bucknell's Office of Financial Aid a signed copy of all pages and schedules of your parents' 2022 federal tax return (only federal — not state or local) and copies of parents' W-2 forms from 2022.
5. Submit all documents by mail, fax or by uploading them by Nov. 1.

If you are admitted and decide to enroll, we will notify you by email if other tax or verification documents are required.

Admitted transfer students who have completed their financial aid applications will be notified of their financial aid eligibility before the enrollment deposit is due.

Applying For Transfer to Bucknell for the Fall 2025-26 Academic Year:

To apply for financial aid, students transferring to Bucknell University must:

• Complete the 2025-26 College Scholarship Service (CSS) PROFILE at student.collegeboard.org/profile. CSS code: 2050
• Complete the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at fafsa.ed.gov (required for all federal aid programs such as Federal Pell Grant, Federal Direct Loans and Federal Work-study). FAFSA code: 003238
• Non-custodial parents must complete the non-custodial application, noted as Household B in the CSS Profile.
• Submit to Bucknell's Office of Financial Aid a signed copy of all pages and schedules of your parents' 2023 federal tax return (only federal — not state or local) and copies of parents' W-2 forms from 2023.
• Submit all documents by mail, fax or by uploading them by March 15.

To complete a CSS Profile application, you need a College Board student account. If you need to complete the CSS Profile as a parent (or as a non-custodial parent), you still need to create and use a student account.

Account creation step-by-step:

1. Go to cssprofile.org
2. Click the "Sign In to" button for the appropriate application award year.
3. Click "Create Account" under "Don’t have an account?"
4. Create your account using your (the parent's) information, not the student’s information.

Once you have created your account and are completing the CSS Profile application, be careful to answer student sections with the student’s information and parent sections with the parent’s information.

If you are admitted and decide to enroll, we will notify you by email if other tax or verification documents are required.

Admitted transfer students who have completed their financial aid applications will be notified of their financial aid eligibility before the enrollment deposit is due.

Application Deadlines