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Ellucian PowerCampus Financial Aid
Reston, Virginia, United States
What it is
Ellucian PowerCampus Financial Aid is a customizable system for automating financial aid processing at colleges and universities. It uses College Board PowerFAIDS to track applications, maintain student records, calculate budgets, analyze need, and prepare individual or batch award packages. The system can process and disburse funds and handle federal data. Staff can create financial aid emails and letters, produce customized reports, and support regulatory work such as ISIR and CSSProfile data processing, FISAP reporting, Pell Schedule updates, and NSLDS transfer monitoring. Ellucian also lists PowerCampus support for 1098-T tuition statement reporting. Students can use the companion PowerFAIDS Net Partner portal to update profiles, accept or decline awards, and review application status, awards, messages, and aid information. PowerCampus offers web-enabled access on a Microsoft platform and is available for cloud deployment. Ellucian describes it as helping small to mid-sized colleges and universities automate student-related processes, including financial aid. Pricing is on request. Ellucian’s Customer Center provides documentation, assistance, training, case management, and software downloads.
For and against
For
- Tracks applications and supports individual or batch award packaging.
- Processes and disburses funds and handles federal data.
- Student portal displays status, awards, messages, and aid information.
- Supports listed financial aid regulatory workflows.
Against
- Pricing is available on request.
- Cloud security is described as a shared responsibility with customers.
The verdict
PowerCampus Financial Aid combines staff processing functions with a student self-service portal. Institutions should review its compliance support and cloud security responsibilities when assessing fit.
Who it suits
This system is aimed at small to mid-sized colleges and universities managing financial aid processes. Its tools serve both staff processing aid and students tracking applications and awards.
Plans and prices
Ellucian PowerCampus Financial Aid
No public price or plan limits stated
Read 3 Oct 2026 · ellucian.com
On the record
- Aid processing
- Features include student record maintenance, automated budget calculations, need analysis, and individual or batch award packaging.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Application tracking
- It can track financial aid applications and assist with early FAFSA submissions using prior-prior-year income information.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Communications and reporting
- It can generate and record financial aid emails and letters and create customized aid reports.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Communications and reports
- Staff can generate and record financial aid emails and letters and create customized aid reports.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Ellucian says its history dates to 1968 and that the company was formed in 2012 through the merger of Datatel and SunGard Higher Education.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Compliance support
- Ellucian says its U.S. financial aid regulatory support includes processing ISIR and College Board CSSProfile (INAS) data, FISAP reporting, FM Calculation, Pell Schedule updates, and NSLDS transfer monitoring updates.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Disbursements and federal data
- The product supports processing, managing, and disbursing funds, as well as loading, processing, adjusting, and receiving federal data.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Funds and federal data
- It can process, manage, and disburse funds and load, process, adjust, and receive federal data.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Integration
- The solution sheet says PowerCampus Financial Aid utilizes College Board PowerFAIDS.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product sheet describes tools for staff and students navigating financial aid application and management processes at educational institutions.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Platform
- Ellucian describes PowerCampus as providing web-enabled access on a Microsoft platform.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- PowerCampus compliance
- Ellucian lists PowerCampus support for compliance with 1098-T tuition statement reporting.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PowerCampus Financial Aid is a customizable system that automates financial aid processing and is designed to help institutions manage aid and meet federal requirements.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- Ellucian says its cloud services are ISO 27001:2022 certified and undergo annual SOC audits, with SOC reports available to customers.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Student portal
- PowerFAIDS Net Partner is described as a companion portal through which students can update profiles, accept or decline awards, and view application status, awards, messages, and aid information.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Student self-service
- The companion PowerFAIDS Net Partner portal lets students update profiles, accept or decline awards, and view application status, awards, messages, and aid information.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- Ellucian offers support through its Customer Center and by phone; access to support cases and downloads requires institution approval and an active maintenance agreement.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Underlying system
- The solution utilizes College Board PowerFAIDS.ellucian.com · read 3 Oct 2026
