The department is rolling out two beta testing phases before the application is fully available to everyone in October.

The Education Department said the rollout of the 2026-27 FAFSA will be on schedule this year, with beta testing already ...

A new data analysis from the National College Attainment Network suggests many low-income students don’t complete the FAFSA ...

“Complete this FAFSA form so that the college can determine your eligibility for federal aid programs, state aid programs, and potentially even institutional aid dollars as well,” Seay said.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for academic year 2025-26 is available now, and completing it is one of the most important steps for students and families planning for higher ...

OVERVIEW The FAFSA Simplification Act is an initiative by the United States Department of Education to make applying for federal student aid easier for students. It is the first major redesign of the ...

More than a Quarter of Families Skipped FAFSA Last Year, Missing Out on Scholarships, Grants, and Federal Financial Aid Sallie Mae Offers Free Step-by-Step Guide and Tools to Help More Families ...

In 2018, Louisiana became the first state to require seniors to complete the FAFSA or request an opt-out waiver. It had an immediate effect: Louisiana’s FAFSA completion rate soared by 26% that ...

As of Nov. 8, we had about 33,478 high school graduates from the Class of 2024 complete a FAFSA. That is down by about 4,300 applications (from) the class of 2023.

According to the National College Attainment Network’s FAFSA Tracker, 50.4% of Hoosier seniors (44,865) filled out the FAFSA form before the current academic year — 839 fewer than the previous ...

The short version of this story is that, in 2020, Congress voted to make the FAFSA easier to complete, but that required the U.S. Department of Education to overhaul the online form – and the ...

As of Nov. 8, we had about 33,478 high school graduates from the Class of 2024 complete a FAFSA. That is down by about 4,300 applications (from) the class of 2023.