Current Student FAFSA Information
FAFSA® Simplification Act: On Dec. 27, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act. The law includes provisions that amend the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act and includes the FAFSA Simplification Act—a sweeping redesign of the processes and systems used to award federal student aid. Specifically, the law makes it easier for students and families to complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form and expands access to federal student aid.
UPDATED OFFER TIMELINE
Financial Aid offers will start to be sent beginning early May for returning students and College of Podiatric Medicine. To be awarded federal and state financial aid, your FAFSA must be received and complete with no outstanding requirements.
- College of Podiatric Medicine students will begin in early May.
- Returning Student Awarding will start in early May with students enrolled in summer awarded first. Students will be notified via email.
- Returning students should verify their FAFSA is received by 91ֿ as soon as possible.
- Returning students should complete Enrollment Plans via FlashLine, if they are not yet complete.
UPDATED FAFSA TIMELINE
- Important reminder for students attending summer
- Students attending summer should complete their 24-25 FAFSA as soon as possible.
- Summer Payment Due Dates
- More information about how to receive financial aid in the summer.
- You may receive your summer bill before financial aid has been awarded for summer.
- December-March 15, 2024
- You can still submit your FAFSA after March 15.
- Complete FAFSA at if you have not done so.
- Check status of FAFSA to verify it is complete for all contributors.
- As long as you submitted the FAFSA by March 15, you have met our deadline, even if you need to add our school code later.
- FAFSA Submission Summary information will be sent by the U.S. Department of Education to students by early April (soft launch)
- Corrections to a submitted FAFSA can be made in the coming weeks once you have been notified by Federal Student Aid.
- Watch your email for your FAFSA submission summary to review your FAFSA information that was processed.
- FAFSA will be sent to 91ֿ by the U.S. Department of Education by early April in batches.
- We will notify students when we receive your FAFSA.
- Financial Aid will begin sending Offer Letters to new students in April.
- Financial Aid will begin processing financial aid for continuing students in students in early May.
New FAFSA FAQs and Tips
View specific questions and answers regarding the 2024-2025 FAFSA on our FAQ page.
View the resource from Federal Student Aid that gives FAFSA applicants and contributors tips to help them successfully complete and submit the 2024–25 FAFSA form.
The 2024-2025 FAFSA is OPEN!
You are now able to submit your 2024-2025 FAFSA. This is for students attending Summer 2024, Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
What's Changing?
- 2024-2025 FAFSA completion date
- Normally the FAFSA becomes available October 1st each year, but the 2024-2025 FAFSA will be available by the end of December 2023.
- The term “EFC” (expected family contribution) is changing.
- With the 2024-2025 FAFSA, the term Expected Family Contribution (EFC) will be replaced with the Student Aid Index (SAI) – this is a new need analysis formula that we will use when awarding need-based grants and scholarships.
- Streamlined application
- You’ll notice fewer questions when completing the 2024-2025 FAFSA and an easier way to transfer tax information directly from the IRS.
- New terminology
- You’ll notice a few new terms like contributor (anyone who is asked to provide information on the FAFSA, a parent or student spouse for example) and consent (each contributor will need to consent to their information being included on the FAFSA).
Get FAFSA Ready
- The 2024-2025 FAFSA is now available to .
- Determine if or which parent is considered a for the FAFSA.
- Collect your tax information
- You will need 2022 federal tax information for the student and Contributor(s), including net business and/or farm values.
- Check back for updates
- This is the biggest update to the FAFSA in 40 years! We will update here as more information is available.
- Attend a financial aid presentation
- Regional Campus students can contact your Regional Campus representative.
- Review the for helpful videos.