The average FAFSA aid amount varies each year and depends on factors like family income, assets, and the number of family members in college. For the 2023-2024 school year, the average financial aid package for undergraduate students was around $14,000, but this amount includes grants, loans...
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"We are hoping, with this two month testing period, that [the Department] should be able to work out any problems, so that a good, working form will be available December 1," Shannon Vasconcelos, senior director, college finance forBright Horizons College Coach, tells CNBC Make It "That i...
“Leading up to and as part of the soft launch, we have identified some minor issues,” the U.S. Department of Education said ina statementSunday . “We are aware of these issues and are working to resolve them.” For now, Kalman Chany, a financial aid consultant and author of The Pr...
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If you are a student who has been affected, please know that this is not your fault and that the U.S. Department of Education is working to make sure you can apply for and receive all the financial aid for which you are eligible.Know that personal information submitted through the FAFSA...
"Our admission staff, our financial aid staff has had a lot of conversations with families just being frustrated because the process isn't working the way it should. They keep getting error messages," said Simon Stuchlik, vice president of marketing at Saint Vincent College. ...
Department of Education has been working to simplify the FAFSA in order to make financial aid more accessible to all students. This is in large part because a significant percentage of students and their parents don’t complete the application each year. In fact, as of November 20, 2020 ...
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“We support these efforts if the FAFSA will truly be working by then, if students can complete it without technical glitches and if data is promptly delivered to institutions so they can provide timely financial aid award information to students,” the commission’s statement said. “Our student...