STUDENT and SPOUSE ASSET INFORMATION
You must provide information about your (and your spouse’s) assets. If you are divorced or separated and you and your
spouse have jointly-owned assets, provide only your portion of the assets and debts. Be sure to list assets held in trust for
you (and your spouse).
You must provide information about your parents’ assets if you are considered a dependent student for the purpose of
applying for federal, state, and university financial assistance programs. If you are providing information for only one
parent and that parent has jointly-owned assets, provide only that parent’s portion of the assets and debts.
CASH, SAVINGS, and CHECKING VALUES
Report the current balance of cash, savings, and checking accounts as of today.
Report the current net worth of investments held (investment value minus investment debt).
Investments include real estate*, trust funds, UGMA and UTMA accounts, money market funds, mutual
funds, certificates of deposit, stocks, stock options, bonds, other securities, Coverdell savings accounts,
529 college savings plans, the refund value of 529 state prepaid tuition plans, installment and land sale
contracts (including mortgages held), commodities, etc.
Investment value includes the market value of these investments as of today. Do not include the value of
life insurance, retirement plans (pension funds, annuities, non-education IRAs, Keogh plans, etc.), or
cash, savings, and checking accounts reported previously.
Investment debt means only those debts that are related to the investments.
* Do not include the home you live in.
Report the current net worth of any business** held (business value minus business debt).
Business value includes the market value of land, buildings, machinery, equipment, inventory, etc.)
Business debt means only those debts for which the business was used as collateral.
** Do not include the value of a small business that you own and control if you have 100 or fewer full-time or full-time equivalent
employees.
INVESTMENT FARM NET WORTH
Report the current net worth of any investment farm***(s) held (investment farm value minus investment farm debt).
Investment Farm value includes the market value of land, buildings, machinery, equipment, inventory, etc.
Investment Farm debt means only those debts for which the farm was used as collateral.
*** Do not include a farm that you live on and operate.