Failing to accurately fill in your Social Security number is among missteps that could cause a processing delay.

Many college-bound students with undocumented immigrant parents are hesitant to submit federal financial aid applications as ...

Singer: After a difficult rollout, the U.S. Education Department has produced a better tool to help students secure financial ...

It’s important for families to realize that there is no such thing as having too high an income to file a FAFSA. Financial need is not a requirement for an unsubsidized student loan or a Parent ...

Staff Writer Anna Mammarelli critiques the current FAFSA application and advocates for reform to better support middle-class ...

It is time for students and their parents to think about the FAFSA. Director of Outreach for the Missouri Department of ...

You will also have to include your parents’ income information on the FAFSA, which is required to borrow, unless you can prove independent student status. Private student loans do not ...

FAFSA applicants may have to get crafty to help their parents organize this information, Ferro said. “Whether it’s creating an Excel sheet, a Google folder or scanning something — taking a picture, a ...

To complete the FAFSA, the most important documents students will need are their Social Security number, Alien Registration number if they are not a United States citizen, a record of federal income ...

The FAFSA Simplification Act ... the law raised the amount of income that parents and students will not be expected to use for college and instructed the Department of Education to adjust that ...