This year, the plan was to be available to all students and contributors on or before Dec. 1. Students who submit a form during this final "expanded beta" phase before Nov. 22 will not need to submit a subsequent 2025–26 FAFSA form, the Education Departmentsaid. More from Pers...
TheDepartment of Education announcedthe 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid won't be available for everyone on Oct. 1. Some families will be invited to fill out the form beginning on Oct. 1, 2024, as part of a testing group to ensure the electronic form and accompanying proces...
international students have a different pathway to consider. The International Student Financial Aid Application (ISFAA) is the form they need to complete in pursuit of aid. One key difference is that international
2. Start the FAFSA form at fafsa.gov Once the FAFSA form is made available, try to complete it quickly. Like I mentioned in the first step someschoolsand institutions are prone to use the funds earlier than expected or might not have surplus funds so don’t wait till the end of the ...
The Department of Education announced its Free Application for Federal Student Aid form will not be available to universities until mid-March, leading some colleges to extend their deadline to give families time to get it done. "Our admission staff, our financial aid staff has had a lot of ...
the form, known as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, will go live in October for “testing with a limited set of students and institutions” to iron out issues before launching fully Dec. 1 for the 2025-26 academic year. The form is traditionally available Oct. 1....
The delay might provide less time for high school counselors to help students with the financial aid process, including guidance on the new FAFSA® form, than was available in previous years. The delay might give students less time to figure out if they can afford college and if they should...
The FAFSA is a free form you can submit online or by mail to access financial aid. It becomes available on Oct. 1 annually. Independent students can fill out the FAFSA on their own, while dependent students must provide their parents’ information (more on determining your dependency status ...
To answer the other financial questions, it will be helpful to have bank, brokerage, and mutual fund statements at hand. For a preview of the FAFSA’s questions, the office of Federal Student Aid makes a copy of theprinted FAFSA formavailable online. (Note that while it’s permissible to...