The EEC is an important factor in the needs-analysis calculation on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The name was changed to Student Aid Index (SAI) to clarify the SAI figure.

Example FAFSA Submission Summary The summary also contains your Student Aid Index (SAI), a measure of your financial need that colleges use to determine your financial aid offers. The index ranges ...

There are a few differences between SAI and EFC, such as elimination of the number of family members in college from the calculation. Previously, if a parent indicated on the FAFSA that they had ...

The Student Aid Index (SAI) replaced the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) for the FAFSA (which families are filing right ...

The document includes the most important outcome of the FAFSA process: your Student Aid Index, or SAI. This index measures your family’s ability to pay for school. Your SAI can be as low as -1,500.

What was previously called the Expected Family Contribution, or EFC, has been replaced with the Student Aid Index, or SAI. After an applicant's FAFSA is processed, he or she receives the FAFSA ...

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Be sure to check those deadlines and submit your FAFSA form in time. The Student Aid Index, or SAI, distinguishes a student's eligibility by number. The number is used by an institution's federal ...

in addition to the SAI to determine eligibility for Pell Grant award amounts. Students will also be able to estimate their eligibility for the grant before they complete the FAFSA. The maximum ...

The summary should include your Student Aid Index, which the department sends directly to the schools you listed on your FAFSA form. The schools use your SAI to calculate the amount of financial ...

The Department of Education is changing how a family’s need-based aid is calculated. As a result, more households could receive more aid. Before FAFSA simplification: A family’s need was ...