A new school year has just started, but it’s never a bad idea to plan for the next one, especially when you need help paying for your education. The best tool to get student financial aid is the ...

The CSS Profile is a form some schools use to determine institutional financial aid. Used by more than 250 institutions nationwide, the CSS Profile asks more questions than the Free Application for ...

After a trouble-plagued application overhaul, U.S. Department of Education officials released next year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid last week, more than a week before its Dec. 1 target ...

Once again, the holiday season brought our family together—to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. For the second year in a row, the FAFSA was delayed well past the expected launch ...

The launch of the revamped federal application to receive aid for college pushed this year's filing deadlines, but financial aid counselors are still advising college hopefuls in Texas to fill out the ...

Time is growing short for parents of high school seniors (and those returning to college for the 2026-27 school year) to file ...

Summer is upon us, and while many students are enjoying a temporary break from their studies, others are busy securing financing for the fall semester. Generally, this involves two sources, federal ...