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FALL 2020 OPEN The official source of information about Syracuse University’s plans for the Fall Semester 2020

​Dates and Deadlines

To help you meet financial aid deadlines, outlined are due dates for early and regular decision, transfer, returning, undergraduate, and graduate students.

Undergraduate Programs

ApplicationsDue DateAward Notifications
2020 SpringApplications
CSS Profile 2019-2020
FAFSA 2019-2020
Due Date
11/15/2019
Award Notifications
Late November 2019
2020-2021 Early Decision I First-YearApplications
CSS Profile 2020-2021
FAFSA 2020-2021
Due Date
11/15/2019
Award Notifications
Begins Mid-January
2020-2021 Early Decision II First-YearApplications
CSS Profile 2020-2021
FAFSA 2020-2021
Due Date
1/01/2020
Award Notifications
Begins Mid-January
2020-2021 Regular DecisionApplications
CSS Profile 2020-2021
FAFSA 2020-2021
Due Date
1/01/2020
Award Notifications
Late March 2020
2020-2021 Transfer StudentsApplications
CSS Profile 2020-2021
FAFSA 2020-2021
Due Date
File your aid applications and your Admission application simultaneously, but no later than July 1, 2020.
Award Notifications
Late March 2020
2020-2021 Returning StudentsApplications
CSS Profile 2020-2021
FAFSA 2020-2021
Due Date
2/01/2020
Award Notifications
Begins Mid-June 2020

Graduate On-Campus Programs

ApplicationsDue DateAward Notifications
Students Entering Spring 2020Applications
FAFSA 2019-2020
Due Date
11/30/19
Award Notifications
Mid-December 2019
Students Entering Summer 2020Applications
FAFSA 2019-2020
Due Date
4/15/20
Award Notifications
Mid- to Late-April 2020
Students Entering Fall 2020/Spring 2021Applications
FAFSA 2020-2021
Due Date
4/15/20
Award Notifications
Mid- to Late-April 2020
Students Returning Fall 2020/Spring 2021Applications
FAFSA 2020-2021
Due Date
5/31/20
Award Notifications
Mid- to Late-June 2020

Graduate Online Programs

ApplicationsDue DateAward Notifications
Enrolling for October 2019Applications
FAFSA 2019-2020
Due Date
10/31/19
Award Notifications
Begins July 2019
Enrolling for January 2020Applications
FAFSA 2019-2020
Due Date
1/31/20
Award Notifications
Begins July 2019
Enrolling for April 2020Applications
FAFSA 2019-2020
Due Date
4/30/20
Award Notifications
Begins July 2019
Enrolling for July 2020Applications
FAFSA 2019-2020
Due Date
6/15/20
Award Notifications
Begins April 2020
Enrolling for October 2020Applications
FAFSA 2019-2020
Due Date
10/31/20
Award Notifications
Begins July 2020