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Attention Financial Aid Students!!!

Go to www.peraltacard.com and activate your account and select your refund preference to receive your financial aid disbursement in a timely manner. 

Upon receiving your PeraltaCard, you can activate your refund preference in three simple steps:

1. Visit the website www.PeraltaCard.com
2. Set up – Enter your card number to get started.
3. Choose the refund option that is best for you. (PeraltaCard, Direct Deposit, By Check) 

If no option has been selected, you will automatically receive a paper check in the mail 21 days from your disbursement date 

If you have trouble activating or selecting your refund preference please contact:

HigherOne Customer Care – 1-877-405-8672 

OR 

Your Campus Financial Aid Office

Click Here to Learn More about your PeraltaCard 

UPDATE YOUR MAILING AND EMAIL ADDRESS

Financial Aid Students: In order to continue to receive uninterrupted financial aid, you MUST review and update your MAILING ADDRESS and PHONE NUMBER. The Peralta Colleges are implementing a new financial aid system beginning the week of March 1st and you must confirm your correct contact information to receive your funds. You will also need to activate your Peralta email account to receive key information regarding financial aid. Please watch for a bright green envelope in your mailbox containing important information about your financial aid payments.

For more information on the new financial aid system please click here: http://web.peralta.edu/financial-aid/sample-page/peraltacard-higherone/

If you are a cosmetology student here is an important link for you:

http://www.barbercosmo.ca.gov/pplicants/schlsrslts.shtml

Want to know how much you may need to attend college.  You will see the average financial aid available at the following site:

https://webprod.cccco.edu/npt/343/npcalc.htm

IMPORTANT! – Effective for the Fall 2011 Semester, all of the campus Financial Aid Offices will begin returning student email inquiries to the student’s Peralta email account only. Please check your Peralta email regularly for updates and replies. If you have not activated your Peralta email address, please visit www.peralta.edu/studentemail and follow the instructions to activate your student email account.

The first step to getting financial aid at the Peralta Colleges is to fill out a financial aid form, called a FAFSA.   To Fill out a FAFSA form on online and get more information, click here.   After filling out the form online you should print out your Student Aid Report (SAR).  Bring the SAR to the Financial Aid Office and staff will review your report and provide you with the additional documents you will need to fill out as well as a list of other documents you may need.

Peralta’s financial aid staff,  will help guide you easily and quickly through all the steps. Peralta Colleges’ financial aid experts will also help ensure that you get all the money you qualify for, so be ready to provide them with all the information needed to get the money.

Do you have questions?   See Financial Aid TV click here.

Information applies to all Peralta students at all campuses (the example Financial Aid TV is for Laney College).

Additional information may be obtained from the  Finanical Aid Handbook 2011-2012.

Financial Assistance General Information

Fees at all California Community Colleges have risen, but there are many aid programs to fit a variety of circumstances. Students are encouraged to stop by a Financial Aid Office located on campus to obtain information and necessary application forms to receive student Financial Assistance.

Berkeley City College 
Loan Nguyen, lnguyen@peralta.edu
2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 981-2808

College of Alameda
Dave Nguyen, danguyen@peralta.edu
555 Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway, Alameda 94501
(510)748-2184

Laney College 
Fallon St. Tower Building, 2nd Floor Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 464-3414

Merritt College
Maria Spencer, mspencer@peralta.edu
12500 Campus Dr. R Building, Room 113 Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 436-2465