Harford Community College has served as an anchor institution in Harford County since its inception in 1957. We are a mid-sized, comprehensive college committed to serving our community through high caliber educational offerings and cultural events.

HCC’s mission of “Grow. Achieve. Inspire. Contribute.” and our vision of continuously striving for satisfaction, completion, and success throughout the College community is demonstrated by our shared organizational values of Agency, Equity and Inclusion, Communication and Collaboration, Respect, and Innovation. Harford Community College is an Achieving the Dream institution, joining a network of higher education institutions and partners to enhance community college student opportunity, access, and success.

Our beautiful, 352-acre campus is conveniently located near Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC; and Wilmington, DE. We offer more than 80 affordable degree and certificate programs to nearly 2,000 full-time and 7,500 part-time students, as well as a wide variety of noncredit continuing education courses to nearly 11,000 students per year.

The Financial Aid Specialist provides financial aid information and counseling assistance to students and parents on federal, state and institutional financial aid programs; and processes financial aid applications, including verification and awarding financial aid to eligible students.

This is accomplished by remaining current on constantly-changing Title IV regulations, state and institutional policies and procedures performing verification in compliance with statutory requirements; performing various complex technical duties to determine financial need and award in accordance with federal and state law and institutional policy; educating students, parents and community members about financial aid; and communicating scholarship information.

Specific duties may include work with outside private and some state scholarships; processing professional judgements as part of a committee; financial literacy including default management; collaborating with other departments; and assisting with coordination of special events.