Loans

Estrella Mountain Community College participates in the Federal Direct Loans Program. Below is information pertaining to Estrella Mountain Community College loan program.

Loan Eligibility

1. Students must apply for financial aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The Federal school codes for Estrella Mountain is 031563. Be sure the correct school code is on the application,this will ensure the application information is sent to the correct school.
2. The student must complete their financial aid file by returning all requested documents to the financial aid office. It is the student's responsibility to check their Financial Aid Status online regularly. This is done through https://portal.maricopa.edu, on the their TO DO list. On this website you can view any missing financial aid documents, see if you've been awarded financial aid, review your charges, etc.
3. Students must be enrolled at least half-time in order to receive student loans. If you are not enrolled half-time at time of disbursement, your loan will be reduced or canceled.
4. The student must not be in default on prior student loans or owe federal grant repayment.
5. The student can complete their Master Promissory Note and Entrance counseling anytime at https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action. The Master Promissory Note and Entrance Counseling can be completed before a student is awarded loans.
6. The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is a central database that tracks your financial aid history. NSLDS contains all of your Title IV aid history. Loan information will be submitted to NSLDS and it allows authorized agencies, lenders and institutions to view all types of funding from Federal grants and Federal loans. It tracks loan servicers, account numbers, current balances, loan status, disbursements, loan types, loan periods, interest rates, school name and contact information, grant history, and remaining eligibility. Students can also view this information via the studentaid.gov website.

If you have not yet completed the Free Application for Financial Aid (FAFSA), visit our 'How to apply for aid' webpage.

For assistance logging into my.maricopa.edu, please call 1-888-994-4433 or go to http://eims.maricopa.edu/MAW/MAW.html

Remember - your loan will be divided into two disbursements. One will come toward the beginning of the loan period or semester, and the one will arrive approximately half-way through the loan period. If you are a freshmen who has not borrowed at EMCC and who has not submitted transcripts to document completion of at least 30 credit hours, your loan cannot be disbursed until 30 days after the first day of your program of study has begun.

Entrance Counseling
It is a federal requirement that you complete Entrance Counseling at every school for which you receive a student loan. This is generally part of your MPN process.

Exit Loan Counseling
It is a federal requirement that if you are about to graduate, have graduated, or otherwise left school, you are required to complete Loan Exit Counseling. To complete the counseling, visit the Loan Exit Counseling website.

Arizona Student Loans Code of Conduct

What is a Cohort Default Rate (CDR)?

For schools having 30 or more borrowers entering repayment in a fiscal year, the school’s cohort default rate is the percentage of a school’s borrowers who enter repayment on certain William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans (Direct Loans) and Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) during that fiscal year and default (or meet the other specified condition) before the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year that the borrower entered repayment.

Average Rate Calculation: The denominator for the average cohort default rate is the number of borrowers who entered repayment in the current cohort fiscal year and the two preceding cohort fiscal years. The numerator for the average cohort default rate is the number of borrowers who entered repayment in the current cohort fiscal year or either of the two preceding cohort fiscal years and who defaulted or met the other specified condition in the cohort default period for the cohort fiscal year in which they entered repayment.

For more information, see Studentaid.gov's Understanding Delinquency and Default page.

EMCC’s Cohort Default Rates for the last three calculated cohort years: