Maximum Amounts
Cost of Attendance
This amount is calculated by our Financial Aid & Awards office using federal regulations that includes the total cost of tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation, and other expenses related to attendance at the institution. All NCAA institutions must calculate the cost of attendance for student-athletes in accordance with the cost-of-attendance policies and procedures that are used for students in general.
Grant-in-Aid
This is the amount of scholarship/award funding that is sometimes referred to as a full ride. It includes tuition, fees, room and board, and required books and supplies for courses. It does not include all of the expenses necessary to attend school.
Financial Aid External to SFU
If a student-athlete is receiving any funding from a scholarship and/or award and/or bursary from an agency external to SFU, and the funds are being used towards their educational costs, the student-athlete is required to notify SFU Athletics Compliance Office and complete the NCAA Student-Athlete External Awards Declaration Form and submit to the SFU Financial Aid & Awards Office.
A student-athlete may receive financial aid, external to SFU, awarded solely on bases having no relationship to athletics ability.
A student-athlete may receive financial aid, external to SFU, based on athletic ability through an established and continuing program, provided:
- The recipient's choice of institutions is not restricted by the donor of the aid; and
- There is no direct connection between the donor and the student-athlete's institution.
As a SFU student-athlete, it is your responsibility to provide SFU with this information. It will be assumed that if you do not submit a completed NCAA Student-Athlete External Awards Declaration form to SFU Financial Aid and Awards by the deadline that you are not in receipt of any scholarship and/or award and/or bursary which is provided by an awarding agency external to SFU.
NCAA Financial Aid Limits
2025-2026 NCAA Financial Aid Limits (PDF)
