Contacts & Resources

TU Financial Aid Office Contacts

• Hours:  8:00 - 4:30 Monday - Friday
• Phone:  410-704-4236.
• Live Chat Service:  Choose the black "Chat with Financial Aid" box on the bottom right of this screen .  (After hours, chat redirects back to this web page.)
• Email:  Use our Aid Questions Form or email finaid AT_TOWSON.  Please include the student's full name and TU ID number.  We will reply in one to two business days.
• Service Counter:  Visit us in Room 339 on the top floor of the Enrollment Services Center.  The closest Visitor Parking is in lot 2 at 400 Towson Way, Towson, MD 21204.

Submit Aid Documents

• To submit aid documents or printed forms, please use our Financial Aid Document Submission Form or fax them to 410-704-2584.
• When possible, please combine multi-page documents into a single PDF file.
• For your protection, don't email documents that contain social security numbers.
• To mail documents, send them Towson University, Financial Aid Office, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252.
• You may bring your documents to our office in Room 339 of the Enrollment Services Center.
• Visit Forms & Online Services to access our forms, online services, and mobile apps.

Aid Text Notification Service

Please opt-in to our financial aid text service to receive important reminders about aid deadlines and missing application items. 

You can opt-out at any time by replying STOP to any message.  We can't receive text messages, and we will continue to send most aid notices to your TU email address.  

TU FAO Scholarship Unit

For questions about specific scholarships, please contact the Financial Aid Office, Scholarship Unit at scholarship AT_TOWSON.

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Other TU Financial Offices

• Visit the Student & University Billing Office for billing, payment, and rebate services.
• Visit the Career Center for help finding part-time or full-time jobs.
• Military and Veteran's Center
• The Student Financial Services office assists TU student employees with payroll forms and processing, time sheets, and tax questions related to payroll and international student employee tax returns.

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External Aid Resources

• Americorps Program (1-800-94-ACORPS or 1-800-942-2677)
• Direct Loan Consolidation Loans — this site explains how to consolidate several different federal loans into one loan to reduce and simplify your monthly payments.
• FAFSA & Federal Aid Call Center
• Phone: 1-800-4-FED-AID or 1-800-433-3243.
• TDD number for the hearing-impaired: 1-800-730-8913.
• This is your best resource for all your questions about the FAFSA form and the federal EFC formula.
• Federal Aid FSA-ID (FAFSA Login ID / PIN) 
• Federal Aid Estimator
  
• Federal Aid Programs
• Manage your Federal Loans
• Federal Aid Fraud Reporting (1-800-MIS-USED or 1-800-647-8733)
• Federal Loan Repayment Simulator
• Federal Student Loan Ombudsman & Complaint Assistance
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• IRS Tax Transcript Requests (1-800-908-9946)
• Maryland 529 (College Savings Plan & Prepaid College Trust)
• Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) (410-767-3300)
• National Student Clearinghouse
• Scholarship Search — Fast Web
• SmartWork Student Loan Repayment Plan (for Maryland state employees, and in some cases their children under age 25).
• Social Security Administration
• Veterans Education Benefits — U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs