If you would like more information on specific financial aid options please feel free to contact our office by email conted@fit.edu or by phone at (321)674-8382.
Financial Aid Options*
| Career Training Loan | Sallie Mae | MyCAA for the US | Americorps |
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Smart Student
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Military Spouse
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Please Note: * Our courses are considered Professional Development and unfortunately do not qualify for the FAFSA- Federal Student Loan, student loan deferments, or PANTHER PAYMENT PLAN.
Career Training Loan Additional Information
Contact your local bank in order to request a career training loan.
Sallie Mae Additional Information
If you are interested in applying for the Sallie Mae Smart Student Option Loan® you may do so by:
- Contacting Sallie Mae by telephone at (888) 272-5543
- Applying online at: https://www.salliemae.com/student-loans/smart-option-student-loan/
Approved? Steps to complete your Sallie Mae Loan
- Apply for Sallie Mae Smart Student Option Loan
- Once approved for your Sallie Mae loan, please contact our office at 1(321) 674-8382 to inform us. Our program does not receive verification when a student is approved for a loan. Once you contact us, we will then confirm your loan application approval.
- Once approved, you will be sent a confirmation email includes:
- A Financial Aid Responsibility form
- A Professional Development Registration Form
Once all items above have been recieved, we will complete your course registration.
United States MyCAA Additional Information
Military Spouse Career Advancement Financial Assistance for the United States:
With Congressional authorization set forth in Public Law 110-417, the Department of Defense is expanding the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts – MyCAA – for military spouses of active duty and activated Guard and Reserve Service members worldwide.
MyCAA offers eligible military spouses worldwide the opportunity to receive up to $6,000 of financial assistance to help pay for licenses, certifications and education in high growth, high-demand, portable career fields.
Where can spouses get basic MyCAA information?
- Visit MyCAAs webpage from the Military OneSource website: http://www.militaryonesource.com/
- Submit your information using the Military OneSource website
Approved?
- Forward the two-page digital confirmation letter received by email to abareg@fit.edu.
- Once approved, you will be sent a confirmation email includes:
- A Financial Aid Responsibility form
- A Professional Development Registration Form
Once all items above have been received, we will complete your course registration.
Americorps Additional Information
The National Service Trust is an account in the Treasury of the United States from which the Corporation makes payments of education awards, pays interest that accrues on qualified student loans for AmeriCorps participants during terms of service in approved national service positions, and makes other payments authorized by Congress.
Approved?
You are interested in using Americorps to pay for your tuition. You can successfully initialize your request by completing the following steps:
- Complete this following form, note this is a sample form you will need to contact Americorps to obtain one specific for you.
- Complete your portion of the Americorps form and complete the registration form, send both forms to our office
to:
Fax: 1 (321) 674-7050
Scan and Email to: conted@fit.edu
Or Post Mail to:
Continuing Education
Florida Institute of Technology
3011 S Babcock St #359
Melbourne, FL 32901
- Upon receipt of the Americorps form we will mail the completed form to the National Trust Service.
- You will then recieve a confirmation email that includes:
Once all items above have been received, we will complete your course registration.
- A Financial Aid Responsibility form
- A Professional Development Registration Form