Financial Aid

Financial Aid Phone Appointments

Our Financial Aid Office will be available to speak with you about your College Financing Plan Monday – Friday, 830am – 430pm. If you are interested in scheduling a phone appointment, please email the Financial Aid Office directly: finaid@ramapo.edu

Please be aware at this time the Office of Financial Aid is no longer accepting documents in person or via fax. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please send in requested documents via US Mail or use Mapping Xpress.  Please see the instructions below.

How to Submit Financial Aid Verification Documents 

Student Instructions to submit completed financial aid verification forms with MappingXpress

The Office of Financial Aid will no longer accept documents via email or fax.  Students may submit documents via US mail, in person, or you can upload documents via MappingXpress  https://mappingyourfuture.org/MappingXpress/RCNJ/

You will need the following information:

• First Name
• Middle Initial
• Last Name
• Last 4 of SSN
• Birth Date
• Student ID
• Email
• Telephone

Instructions:

1. Visit https://mappingyourfuture.org/MappingXpress/RCNJ/ 
2. Enter the passcode Ramapo#1, enter the CAPTCHA code displayed, and click “Submit”. Please note the passcode is case sensitive.
3. Complete the form and click “Submit”.
4. Confirm the information you entered is correct and click “Submit”.
5. Select the total number of documents you would like to upload. You can select up to 12 documents for each upload. You will have the opportunity to add additional documents after your initial upload. We recommend the total size of the file(s) you upload be less than 25MB. Uploading files totaling more than 25MB may cause your session to time-out or cause the individual retrieving your file(s) experience a time-out issue.
6. Select the type of document and choose the file.
7. Click the “Upload” button.
8. Select whether or not you have additional documents to upload.
9. If yes, select yes and click “Submit”. Repeat steps 5-7.
10. If no, select no and click “Submit”.
11. Print out the confirmation page for your records or make a note of your confirmation number.
12. Click the “Exit” button.

Click here to submit completed forms:  https://mappingyourfuture.org/MappingXpress/RCNJ/

Accepting Your Loans

Please be aware, students must now Accept or Decline Federal Direct Loans through the Ramapo College Self-Service.  Your loan will not appear on your bill until you do so.  Please follow these instructions:

Log into Ramapo College Self-Service with your Ramapo Email username and password

1. Select “Student Services & Financial Aid” and “Financial Aid”
2. Select “My Award Information” and “Award by Aid Year”
3. Choose Award Year 2020-2021
4. Select “Accept Award Offer” tab

The Award Overview tab is a summary of your financial aid package.  The Terms and Conditions tab provides you with important information about your awards.  The “Accept Award Offer” tab is where you must choose to accept or decline your loans.

Other Important Information:

NJ Residents make sure that you complete the required additional state questions no later than September 15.

To provide this information online, you must create a login to HESAA’s NEW student information system, NJFAMS to do this:

1. Go to https://njfams.hesaa.org.  If you do not yet have a user name and password to NJFAMS, you will be able to create one.
2. Click the “create a student login” link to create your user name and password to the NEW system.
3. Once logged into NJFAMS you can view any outstanding tasks that require your attention to complete your record.