A Pell Grant is a type of federal aid for students with exceptional financial need, and you must submit a FAFSA to apply for it Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Rebecca Safier is a ...

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 ...

The information on the FAFSA is used to determine eligibility for federal financial aid, like work-study and federal student loans, as well as aid from the state and the college itself. These include ...

Recent updates to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid could make it easier for prospective college students and ...

College students can now start the free financial aid process to apply for loans and grants offered by the government to reduce out-of-pocket college costs for the next academic year. The 2025-26 Free ...

The Department of Education released the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid form on Nov. 21, 2024, 10 days before its initial goal of Dec. 1. The form must be submitted by June 30, 2025.

Rebecca Safier is a personal finance writer and certified student loan counselor who specializes in student debt, personal loans, and budgeting. Previously a senior writer for LendingTree and Student ...

If your financial aid package falls short of your need, you can ask the college for more financial aid by sending them a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad ...