The federal FAFSA deadline is June 30 for each academic year, but college and state deadlines are often much sooner.

Failing to accurately fill in your Social Security number is among missteps that could cause a processing delay.

There's no income limit on the FAFSA ... The sooner you start saving for college, the better, she adds. "You're going to benefit from it," Kortiak Mert says. "Not just from the money you ...

Some financial aid is distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis, so submit this free form as soon as you can. Rebecca Safier is a personal finance writer and certified student loan counselor ...

The two main ways to get free money for college are through grants and scholarships. A grant is money an organization gifts ...

If you are hoping to secure ... rollout of a supposedly revamped FAFSA, students and parents alike may (understandably) be worried about how this year will go. In early October, U.S. Education ...

That might be all the time you need to fill out ... to make sure money students could earn isn’t left on the table. The biggest update to the FAFSA in over four decades had a shaky rollout ...

Staff Writer Anna Mammarelli critiques the current FAFSA application and advocates for reform to better support middle-class ...

The FAFSA was delayed again for a second year in a row. A pilot program began in October to give time to address bugs in the system. DeBoer said this time around, the process is going more smoothly.