FAFSA

Basic Student Eligibility Criteria

The basic eligibility requirements are that you must:

• Demonstrate financial need for need-based federal student aid programs;

• Be a U.S. citizen or an eligible noncitizen;

• Have a valid Social Security number (with the exception of students from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau);

• Be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a regular student in an eligible degree or certificate program;

• Maintain satisfactory academic progress in college or career school;

• Provide consent and approval to have your federal tax information transferred directly into your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form;

• Sign the certification statement on the FAFSA form stating that you’re not in default on a federal student loan, you do not owe money on a federal student grant, and you’ll only use federal student aid for educational purposes; and

• Show you’re qualified to obtain a college or career school education. You can show you’re qualified to obtain a college or career school education by:

  1. 1. Having a high school diploma or a state-recognized equivalent such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate;

     2. Completing a high school education in a homeschool setting approved under state law (or—if state law does not require a homeschooled student to obtain a completion credential—completing a high school education in a homeschool setting that qualifies as an exemption from compulsory attendance requirements under state law); or

     3. Enrolling in an eligible career pathway program and meeting one of the “ability-to-benefit” alternatives described below.

For More information, visit: https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/requirements

File a FAFSA at: studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa

Get FAFSA filing support at: studentsupport@csac.ca.gov / 888-224-7268