Financial aid offers are finally in the hands of many students, but because of delays with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid many students are deciding where they are going to enroll before ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – For many American families, applying for college financial aid this year was hard. On Tuesday, it became shockingly clear just how hard. A student born in the year 2000, for example, ...

There's one form prospective and current college students must submit in order to receive federal financial aid, and it's about to look a lot different. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, ...

This fall could be an unusually stressful time for families with children planning to start college next year. The cause: Many will be guessing about how much they will have to pay or borrow for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Farrington writes about higher education and student loans. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is usually the ...

Students applying to the University of Wisconsin-Madison will soon need to complete a second, longer financial aid application if they want a share of the millions of dollars in financial aid the ...