The FAFSA application to receive college financial aid for the 2025-2026 school year is officially open. It comes a year after the botched rollout of a new form last year delayed the application for ...

After a bungled rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid earlier this year, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said the Department of Education would do better this school ...

Data analysis and higher education policy researchers have long called for more-detailed race and ethnicity data to better ...

The state requirement encourages seniors to fill out FAFSA, just to see what kind of financial aid is available.

Worried about paying for college? Then don’t miss out on submitting the most important financial aid form for college and graduate students. Starting Oct. 1, the federal government begins accepting ...

The newest FAFSA application is now available. The U.S. Department of Education released the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid earlier than planned. It says its systems are ready and it ...

A FAFSA applicant says she was asked to specify her “type of white” while completing the federal financial aid form, calling ...

There's one form prospective and current college students must submit in order to receive federal financial aid, and it looks a lot different than in prior years. The Free Application for Federal ...

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2026-27 school year has officially opened.Despite the U.S. government shutdown, the Education Department will continue to process the FAFSA.If you ...

When students submit a FAFSA form, it provides them the opportunity to receive student loans and furthers opportunities for additional funding as well. “Completing a FAFSA form can unlock student ...