Financial Aid

Launch of the 2024–25 FAFSA® Form

There are major changes and improvements coming to the 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form. This redesigned and streamlined FAFSA form will be available by Dec. 31, 2023.

What You Need To Know Now

The 2024–25 FAFSA form will expand eligibility for federal student aid.

• 610,000 new students from low-income backgrounds will be eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants due to updates to student aid calculations.

• Use the Federal Student Aid Estimator to get an early estimate of what your federal student aid could be after submitting the new form.

The 2024–25 FAFSA form will offer a new, streamlined user experience for students and their families.

• Applicants will be able to skip as many as 26 FAFSA questions, depending on their individual circumstances. Some applicants will need to complete as few as 18 questions, taking less than 10 minutes.

• Watch our “2024–25 FAFSA FAQs” playlist to better understand what’s changed on the new form.

Here is a GREAT video along with a printable worksheet on how to get started filling out your FAFSA. 

This video will walk you through how to create and account and username. 

https://youtu.be/iTb7hMVtzco?si=lClCyOjhuwUvx1i7

Free financial aid events available to Minnesota students and families this fall! 

They’re back!  

Free virtual financial aid events for Minnesota students and families!

The series, running Tuesday evenings October 3 through 24, will cover the college application process, how to create a Federal Student Aid ID (FSA ID), general financial aid information, and learn how to search and apply for scholarships. A fact sheet for schools is attached.

•All sessions will have simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, Somali, Hmong and Karen. Information for families about registering for the series is available here.

•Students who attend a session or watch one of the recordings will be eligible to win a $500 scholarship!

•These sessions are a collaborative effort between the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, Minnesota Department of Education, ECMC The College Place and Minnesota Goes to College.

Please help us tell students in your community about this opportunity.

To access materials to promote these events in your school or program, access our Ready Set FAFSA Promotional Toolkit, which includes a social media guide, graphics for school newsletters and blurbs for school communications to families.