Please follow along with the checklist enclosed in your financial aid package to complete the required documents for the financial aid process. Please complete all paperwork within 30 days of the award letter date. All paperwork can be completed online by using the links below. Once documents are completed, they will be forwarded to us electronically. If you need a paper copy, please contact our office at (800) 630-3481.
1. Review Financial Aid Award letter carefully. Accept or decline the awards
listed. Please sign and return back to the Office of Financial Aid.
2. Electronically complete the Title IV Authorization Form.
3. If you were awarded and accepted a Stafford Loan, please complete the
Stafford Entrance Counseling.
4. If you were awarded and accepted a Stafford Loan, please electronically
complete the Stafford Master Promissory Note (MPN). You will need to choose
a lender for your Stafford loan. Choose a lender from FHU's Preferred Lender
List or a lender of your choice.
Loan Information - Preferred Lender Lists
Determining a lender for your Federal Stafford loans can be a very difficult and
confusing process. Schools are not required to provide preferred lists, but many schools do so as a convenience to its student borrowers. FHU's Office of Financial Aid feels that it has taken great care in determining the best possible choices of lenders for our preferred lender lists. Lenders from across the nation were asked to submit information covering a broad spectrum of criteria.
Please note that a student borrower is not required to use any lender for FHU's Preferred Lender Lists. FHU will not deny, refuse, or delay any loan application or loan certification process if a lender is chosen by a borrower that is not on FHU's Preferred Lender List. Any student is encouraged to contact other lenders that participate in any loan programs to make any choice of a lender outside of FHU's Preferred Lender List. Borrowers are also encouraged to contact lenders on FHU's Preferred Lender Lists for any additional information as well as any clarification of information provided.
Information was submitted and evaluated from each lender concerning the following criteria:
| Borrower Benefits |
Lender Stability |
Quality of Products |
| Servicing Standards & Statistics |
Mission Statements |
Committment to default management |
| Default Aversion |
Default Rates |
Ease of Application Process |
| Proactive Customer Communications |
Loan & Debt management for borrowers |
Interacting with school processing system |
| Accomodation for variety of processing scenarios |
Disbursement options |
Processing and updating loan transactions |
| Relationship(s) with offices other than Financial Aid |
Source and stability of loan capital |
Contact information and advice for borrowers |
(Other factors were considered, but the factors above were considered a priority.)