Adding Federal Pell Grant Cost of Attendance Items to an Academic Year
To add a federal Pell Grant cost of attendance item to an academic year, complete the following steps:
Note: This table is only displayed if you have selected a pell formula for the associated academic year.
- Select + Add New to add a new cost of attendance item in the Pell Grant Cost of Attendance Information table.
- Expand the Institutional Category menu to see a list of cost of attendance categories you previously created and select the appropriate category.
- Expand the Selection Set menu and select the set of students to which this cost of attendance item applies.
This is the selection set used to determine eligibility for this cost of attendance item. Any student associated with this academic year who falls into or out of this selection set will have the associated cost of attendance item added or removed accordingly.
- Specify the type and amount of Base Cost for the associated cost of attendance item.
There are two ways to specify the base cost:
- Fixed Amount: This option allows you to manually enter the base cost for this cost of attendance category.
- Custom Process: This option allows you to select one of your previously created custom processes to calculate the base cost for you.
Tip: Using the Fixed Amount option to calculate base cost will require more cost of attendance items attached to narrowly defined selection sets, while using the Custom Process option requires fewer but more complex cost of attendance items attached to broader selection sets.
- In the Note field, enter any internal information relevant to the cost of attendance category that's not captured elsewhere.
Once you have completed each of the fields in the row, select Save
. You can also select Cancel 
to discard your changes.
A success message is displayed in the upper right portion of the page letting you know the cost of attendance item has been updated.