View Financial Aid Online
Summer aid applies to the bill one week before class begins for your summer session, starting on May 5, 2025. Review the Summer 2025 schedule to know when your aid will apply to the bill.
View your aid
- Log in to Buff Portal.
- Navigate to the Financial Aid card.
- Select the appropriate aid year from the year drop-down near the top of the card
- Click View Financial Aid. At the bottom of the card, click Accept or Decline Aid.
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Accept or decline aid
- Grants, work-study and admissions-based scholarships are automatically accepted.
- Loans (except Parent loans) will need to be accepted if you wish to receive them.
- Students offered other CU Boulder Scholarship(s) may need to accept them to receive them. Recipients will be emailed with specific instructions.
Calculate how much you need
Before accepting any loans, figure out how much you will need for the academic year.
Estimated Cost
Estimated Indirect Costs
Grants & Scholarships
Remaining Amount
- Calculate your estimated cost
- Add your estimated indirect costs from the budget examples
- Subtract grant & scholarship amounts (available in your portal)
- The remaining amount is what you will need to cover with loans, personal savings or payments throughout the year
Only accept what you need
You may choose to accept all, part or none of the loans offered to you. We strongly encourage you to only accept the amount of loan that you need. The less you borrow now, the less you will owe after graduation.
Reducing or cancelling a loan amount
- If you have not accepted/declined your loan(s), you may accept less than full amount of loan offered by following these step-by-step instructions.
- If you have accepted/declined your loan(s), you may reduce the amount or cancel your loan by completing the Loan Cancellation or Reduction form.
* Be sure to include loan origination fees in the amount you choose to borrow if you accept less.
To see a list of your estimated expenses (also known as “cost of attendance”):
- Log in to Buff Portal.
- Navigate to the Financial Aid card.
- Select the appropriate aid year from the year drop-down near the top of the card.
- Click the card menu, then click View estimated expenses (opens new browser tab).
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The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to using the Principles & Standards of the College Cost Transparency Initiative in its student financial aid offer.