Financial Aid

COVID-19 Announcement

The COVID-19 situation in our State and County is changing daily. Financial aid services will be conducted online and staff will be working remotely. The Financial aid operation is continuing all processing and communication to students via Brookdale email as well as monitoring and responding to the Financial Aid Office email. You also have the option to use this link to upload your documents to a secure email. If you send documents to the FA Office email please include your student ID# BUT DO  NOT SEND personally identifiable information including your SS#, or date of birth in your correspondence. 

All Financial Aid questions are also available by calling the One Stop call center at 732-224-2020 between 8:30 and 5:00, Monday thru Friday. If they are unable to answer your questions, they will contact a Financial aid Specialist who will respond to you within 24 hours. Please stay healthy and practice social distancing!

Financial Aid at Brookdale

Our office leads students (and their families) through the entire process of “Financing an Education.”  Emphasis is placed on the electronic steps of applying for financial aid, providing students links to the latest financial aid web sites, and providing students with the ability to check their financial aid status online.

Brookdale Regional Locations: Financial aid information is also available at the Student Success Centers of Brookdale Regional locations.

Brookdale Community College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action educational institution. In order to promote this goal, the College makes positive efforts to ensure equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability or veteran status.

• 2020-2021 – If you are applying for financial aid for classes you attend between September 2020 and July 2021, you must complete the 2020-2021 FAFSA.  Remember, students must have completed their Admissions process and entered their social security number on their Admissions Application before they can receive notification from the Financial Aid Office. Processing will begin June.
  2019-2020 – If you are applying for financial aid for classes you attend between September 2019 and July 2020, you must complete the 2019-2020 FAFSA.

Read this important information  – then start your financial aid by choosing from the following links:

GREAT NEWS! Brookdale is participating in the Community College Opportunity Grant (CCOG). Here is the link to our CCOG page. Take a look!  You might qualify!