Financial Aid Office

At North Idaho College (NIC), financial aid consists of scholarships, grants, loans, work-study, and grants-in-aid. The purpose of these aid types is to assist students who, without this aid, would be unable to attend college. The NIC Financial Aid Office (FAO) is committed to assisting students in paying for their education while assuming as little debt as possible. As a result, unsubsidized loans are discouraged and non-debt related types of aid are leveraged whenever possible.

Complete your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

Submit your FAFSA earlier than ever before: You are now able to complete and submit your FAFSA as early as October 1, 2020, for 2021-2022 Federal Student Aid and October 1, 2021, for the 2022-2023 Federal Student Aid. Before, students had to wait until January 1st each year to submit the application.

Use earlier income information: In order to submit the FAFSA earlier, you will report income from an earlier tax year, called “Prior-Prior Year”.  Applicants will go backward by two years and use 2019 income information for 2021-2022 and 2020 income information for 2022-2023.

School Year	NIC Semesters	FAFSA Year	Tax Year Used	State Priority Date
2021-2022	Fall 2021, Spring 2022, and Summer 2022	2021	2019	Varies
2022-2023*	Fall 2022, Spring 2023, and Summer 2023 *Available to complete 10/1/2021	2022	2020	Varies