Office of Student Financial Aid
Mission
The Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) strives to support students throughout the financial aid process. OSFA has the overall responsibility of administering Federal or State financial aid and Scholarships awards at San Francisco State University. We determine the eligibility, awarding, and the conditions in which these awards may be disbursed.
OSFA communicates with our students via their SF State E-mail and SF State Gateway. To keep yourself up to date - Make sure to check both regularly.
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Financial Aid Spotlight
2024-2025 Financial Aid Awards are POSTED!
Official financial aid awards for the 2024-2025 school year (Fall 2024 & Spring 2025) for students who have successfully completed their 2024-2025 financial applications (FAFSA or CADAA)! Please check your Student Center to view and accept what you have been awarded. For more information regarding how to view your financial aid awards, please feel free to check the link provided down below.
Announcements
If a student received leftover aid (Refund) from their Fall 2024 financial aid disbursement, then they may use those funds to pay for their Winter fees. For any other Winter session related inquiries, please contact the College of Professional& Global Education (CPaGE) directly. For further information regarding the Winter 2025 session, please click on the link provided down below.
Spring 2025 class registration has began! However, if students are still owing tuition or on-campus housing fees for the Fall 2024 semester, they will have to work with one of these two offices directly regarding payments outside of financial aid.
| Office | Phone Number | Inquiry | |
| Bursar’s Office | 415-338-1281 | Online Inquiry | Tuition fees, payments, refunds, or direct deposit |
| Housing Office | 415-405-2200 | housingfinancials@sfsu.edu | On-campus housing fees and payments |
For students who have been awarded official awards for the 2024-2025 school year (Fall 2024 & Spring 2025) here at SF State, our first disbursement date for the Fall 2024 semester was on Wednesday - August 21, 2024. For more information regarding the disbursement process, please click on the link provided down below.
Official financial aid awards for the 2024-2025 school year (Fall 2024 & Spring 2025) have been posted for students who have successfully completed these two steps:
- Filed a 2024-2025 financial aid application (FAFSA or CADAA)
- Listed SF State as their top school of choice (School code: 001154)
If you still have not been awarded anything or the awards in your Student Center are listed as "Estimated," then please refer to your To Do List in your SF State Gateway for any financial aid related items because your financial aid application has been selected for Verification (Further review).
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Students must have completed their application by the May 2nd priority deadline in order to be considered for State financial aid.
For more information on how the Verification process works or to begin/edit your financial aid application, please click on the links provided down below.
Please click on the link listed down below in order to determine which office you need to contact so that you may receive the assistance you are seeking for.
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