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

Key Points ・The House has passed a sweeping bill that restructures federal student loan borrowing and repayment, while also ...

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

Many states and colleges require the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, application before the Fall 2025 semester starts. Here are some things students and their parents need to know ...

FAFSA is your gateway to essential federal grants, subsidized loans, and work-study programs—so it's crucial to start early!

A Treasury watchdog report reveals how inaccurate tax information impacted FAFSA requests, offering a warning to agencies as ...

For example, the 2022–23 FAFSA form launched on Oct. 1, 2021, and closed on June 30, 2023. There are always two FAFSA cycles open at the same time. Currently, the 2023–24 and 2024–25 FAFSA ...

The FAFSA has long been criticized as too complicated and, at a maximum of 108 questions, too long. Former Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander, who worked for years to update the FAFSA, ...

Issues with FAFSA could mean many students don't go to college in the fall : Consider This from NPR This year's college application process was supposed to get easier. That's because last year ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bryan J. Cook, director of higher education policy at the Urban Institute Center on Education Data and Policy, about how complications with FAFSA affect Black students.