To prevent a similar outcome for the 2025-2026 FAFSA, the U.S. Department of Education launched a testing period during which some students were able to fill out the form before its official ...

The Education Department said it would aim to launch this year’s FAFSA on Oct. 1, the traditional deadline, for the first ...

The new FAFSA form will include a “Parent Wizard,” an interactive worksheet that helps the applicant to determine which parent or parents they should be planning to include on their application: If ...

Since the FAFSA asks for information on parents’ income and assets, completing the form works differently when one or both of your parents are deceased. One parent has died: Provide parental ...

Here are five common myths filers should know about parent information on the FAFSA. Of undergraduate families who earned $150,000 or more, 63% chose not to file the FAFSA for 2023-2024 because ...

Since Oct. 1, through four rounds of testing, more than 167,000 students have submitted their 2025-2026 financial aid forms, according to the department, which has processed the forms and sent ...

Students with undocumented parents can and should fill out the FAFSA for every school year. Completing this form is the only way to access a range of federal or state-issued financial aid as a ...

College-bound students fear ‘outing’ undocumented parents on FAFSA financial aid form. A FAFSA fact sheet from a college information day at UC Berkeley in 2023. (Juliana Yamada / CalMatters) ...

The 2024-25 school year may be nearly over, but you could still get financial aid to help cover costs. Follow these tips to ...

Here are five common myths filers should know about parent information on the FAFSA. Myth 1: My Parents’ Income Is Too High Of undergraduate families who earned $150,000 or more, 63% chose not ...

According to the department’s list of updates on FAFSA-testing, 60 forms submitted in early October were initially rejected, mostly due to a missing student or parent signature: “The ...

The 2025-26 FAFSA form, along with the 2024-25 FAFSA form, will be online at StudentAid.gov. If you have not previously applied for financial aid, create a Federal Student Aid ID .