For the 2023-24 school year, many of the changes to FAFSA® are due to the FAFSA® Simplification Act passed by Congress.
For the 2023-2024 academic school year, all corrections or updates must be submitted by September 14, 2024, at 11:59 pm Central Time. Regardless of the deadlines for your college or when they start looking at financial aid, you can still start your application on October 1st of the previou...
A family completing the FAFSA for the 2025-2026 academic year will use the 2023 tax return. While deadlines vary by school, the federal due date is June 30 of the following academic year. Students ineligible for a federal grant may still qualify for work-study or federal loans. Filling out...
In case you haven’t heard, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for 2023-24 is available on October 1st. That means that it’s time for high school seniors to collect all their documents so they can fill out the FAFSA. Why? Because you will need to have submitted the...
The 2025-2026 FAFSA is open! We recommend completing it as soon as possible to maximize the aid you are eligible for. Don't wait! Make sure to double-check the dates before you start filling out the form. You want the FAFSA labeled with the school year for which you need aid (not ...
For the 2025-2026 school year, there is a phased FAFSA rollout with a limited number of students and institutions having access Oct. 1; FAFSA opened for everyone on November 21. The FAFSA application for 2025-2026 is consistent with the 2024-2025 form with minor tweaks. ...
Tuition and fees, plus room and board, for a four-year private college averaged $56,190 in the 2023-2024 school year; at four-year, in-state public colleges, it was $24,030 per year, according to the College Board. Experts predicted that problems with the new FAFSA would weigh heavily...
Submitting financial aid forms this college application season has become a potentially life-altering family decision for California high school seniors with undocumented parents — a predicament also faced by many college students because FAFSA forms generally must be submitted annually to determine ongoing...
Tuition and fees plus room and board for a four-year private college averaged $58,600 in the 2024-25 school year, up from $56,390 a year earlier. At four-year, in-state public colleges, it was $24,920, up from $24,080, the College Board found. The FAFSA serves as...
The FAFSA is normally available Oct. 1 of the year prior to enrollment, and may at times be administered based on a first-come, first-serve basis until June of the academic school year. For this reason, applying as early as possible can increase the likelihood of receiving financial assistan...