Financial Aid
Free application for student aid (FAFSA)
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the federally required form for students seeking financial aid, such as grants, loans, and work study. Completing the FAFSA is the first and most important step in qualifying for aid. In order to receive the highest amount of aid, you should submit your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible as of December 31 of the year before you will be attending college.
The FAFSA will request tax information from the prior-prior year, which means you'll report your 2022 tax return to complete the income section of the 2024-25 FAFSA and CSS Profile. If you did not file a tax return, use your income information from 2022 to complete both forms.
*Because of a redesign of the FAFSA for the 2024-25 school year, the application will not be available until December 31, 2023. In 2024, the application should be available in October once again.
Looking for answers?
This website has the anwers: How do I prepare for college? What type of aid can I receive? Do I qualify for aid? How do I apply? How are loans repaid?
Need help completing the FAFSA?
Attend one of these statewide events that provides free assistance to families filling out the FAFSA. There will also be free scholarship drawings.
HEAB administers programs of student financial aid, including grant, scholarship, and loan programs; as well as tuition reciprocity agreements. Check out to see if you qualify.
8 Steps to completing the FAFSA
Which Parent for Fafsa?
Question 1: Are your parents married to each other?
If yes, then report information for both parents on the FAFSA form.
If no, then answer question 2.
Question 2: Do your parents live together?
If yes, then report information for both parents on the FAFSA form, even if they were never married, are divorced, or are separated.
If no, then answer question 3.
Question 3: Did you live with one parent more than the other over the past 12 months?
If yes, then report information on the FAFSA form for the parent you lived with more. Also, if this parent remarried, you will need to report information for your stepparent on the FAFSA form.
If no, then report information on the FAFSA form for the parent who provided more financial support over the past 12 months or in the last year you received support. Also, if this parent remarried, you will need to report information for your stepparent on the FAFSA form.
Note: Dependent students are required to report parent information on the FAFSA form. A parent means your legal (biological or adoptive) parent or stepparent, or a person that the state has determined to be your legal parent.
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