What is a first priority deadline?
Ohio University must receive the results of your FAFSA by our first priority deadline of March 15 each year in order for you to be considered for all available financial aid. This is not the date by which you must mail the FAFSA or submit it online. We must have already received your FAFSA results in order for you to be considered first-priority. If you file a paper FAFSA, you should allow up to six weeks for processing. If you file online, you should allow up to four weeks.