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Last Updated: 2025-10-03
Increase PLUS Loan Amounts

Increase PLUS Loan Amounts

Security:
Manage: Student Loan Application
 domain in the Financial Aid functional area.
You can manually increase the amount of an eligible PLUS loan after disbursement if a parent or graduate student needs assistance due to financial urgency or a technical issue with submitting their new loan application. Note that increasing the loan amount creates a new PLUS loan application.
  1. Access the student’s
    Loan Applications
     report from their Financial Aid profile group.
  2. From the related actions menu of the
    Loan Application
     column, select
    Student PLUS Loan Application
    Increase or Decrease
    .
  3. On the
    Increase or Decrease PLUS Loan Application
     page, enter an increased amount that matches COD’s records in the
    Loan Amount Requested
     field.
  4. For
    Application Reason
    , select
    Increase
    .
  5. For
    Application ID
    , enter a new application ID that aligns with COD for a loan increase.
  6. For
    PLUS Loan Application Submission Date
    , enter today’s date.
  7. Click
    OK
    , then
    Done
    .
After need packaging runs, Workday:
  • Updates the award with the new loan amount.
  • Adds the loan application for the increase to the award.
  • Sends the new PLUS loan applications to COD.