Questions?

Contact us Monday – Friday 8:30 – 5:00 pm at (661) 362-2290, or email us at 

The 2026-27 FAFSA opened in October 2025. If you plan to waive the FAFSA for 2026-27, click the link below.

Don’t forget to reapply for donor or department scholarships. They will go live in December and will close in March.

Based on your Admissions application, you may qualify for our Alumni or Pastor and Missionary Dependent Scholarships.

To fulfill this requirement, please complete the TMU Community Scholarship application and select everything you are eligible for.

If you have further questions about this requirement, please email us at .

Students who are selected for Citizenship Documentation are required to submit proof of citizenship to the University.

The student will need to mail in ONE of the following original documents to The Master’s University for verification:

• Their U.S. Passport
• Their Naturalization Papers, as well as a State Issued I.D.

Student can mail their document to the following address:

• The Master’s University, 21726 Placerita Canyon Rd. #38, Santa Clarita, CA 91321.

Once we have received and verified the documentation, we will express mail the documents back and email the student a copy of the tracking number.

Note: Copies of these documents will not be accepted. They must be the original document.

The Financial Aid Department determines financial needs through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You will need to complete the FAFSA on studentaid.gov. Please Note: the 2026-27 FAFSA opened October 2025.

If you have difficulty completing the FAFSA, please get in touch with the FAFSA Help Center.

Alternatively, if you or your parents do not want to complete the FAFSA, you can submit a FAFSA Waiver.

Please note that by signing the FAFSA Waiver, you waive your ability to receive federal and institutional need-based grants.

If you have further questions about this requirement, please email us at .

Some students are selected for Federal Verification based on their FAFSA results. One of the steps in completing your verification is completing the Federal Verification Worksheet.

If you are completing verification for the Spring of 2026, please complete the online version of the 2025-26 Federal Verification Worksheet. (Note: there is a student and parent portion of the online Federal Verification Worksheet).

If you are completing verification for the Fall of 2026, please complete the online version of the 2026-27 Federal Verification Worksheet. (Note: there is a student and parent portion of the online Federal Verification Worksheet).

If you have further questions about this requirement, please email us at .

Students who have marked on their FAFSA that their family receives Food Stamp assistance may need to upload documentation that their family is still receiving assistance.

If your family has a benefits card (ex., SNAP Card) or some other form of documentation that they are or have received benefits, please upload a copy to www.masters.edu/upload.

A student may be selected for Housing Allowance Verification because their parent marked that they received Military/Clergy Housing Allowance on the FAFSA.

To verify the amount you reported on the 2026-27 FAFSA, we will need a copy of your parent’s 2024 W-2. You can upload their W-2 to www.masters.edu/upload.

If you have further questions about this requirement, please email us at .

International students are required to complete the online International Student Financial Aid Doc and the International Parent Supplement Doc instead of the FAFSA. Note: If you are 24 or older by January of 2026 or are currently married, you do not need a parent to complete the International Parent Supplement Doc.

The International Tax Docs are part of the above forms. You (and your parents) must attach any income or tax documents you have for the 2024 year.

To verify the financial information from the FAFSA, the student, parent, or both will need to either use the IRS Data Retrieval tool when completing the FAFSA or send the Financial Aid Department a copy of their IRS Tax Transcript. (Note: You will only need to complete this document if you or your parents filed taxes. If you were not required to file your taxes, please get in touch with the Financial Aid Department)

The IRS Data Retrieval tool is used when applying for or adjusting the FAFSA. Here is a link on how to use the IRS Data Retrieval tool:https://studentaid.gov/help/how-use-irs-drt

If you cannot use the IRS Data Retrieval tool, you can send the Financial Aid Department a copy of the IRS Tax Transcript, depending on who we need.

• If you are applying for the 2025-26 school year, we will need your or your parent’s 2023 IRS Tax Transcript.
• If you are applying for the 2026-27 school year, we will need your or your parent’s 2024 IRS Tax Transcript.

You can get a digital copy of your Tax Transcript here: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript. Please upload a copy of the transcript to www.masters.edu/upload

If you have further questions about this requirement, please email us at .

Based on your Federal Loan and Pell history, you may need to complete additional documentation to clear any flags on your record.

If you are selected for NSLDS Documentation, please get in touch with our office at .

Some students are selected for Special Verification by the U.S. Government. To complete this verification, the student must complete the Statement of Educational Purpose.

As part of the verification process, the Statement of Educational Purpose is signed in one of two ways:

• Signed in front of a TMU Financial Aid Counselor and present some form of government photo identification (driver’s license, state I.D., passport, etc.).
• Signed before a notary and present some form of government photo identification (driver’s license, state I.D., passport, etc.). If signed before a notary, the student must then mail the original document to the following address:
  • The Master’s University, 21726 Placerita Canyon Rd. #38, Santa Clarita, CA 91321.

If you have further questions about this requirement, please email us at .