2025-2026 Federal Pell Grant award amounts

The minimum and maximum Federal Pell Grant amount for 2025-2026 remains unchanged from 2024-2025.

Draft 2026-27 FAFSA application materials available for comment

While many students and parents are completing the 2025-26 FAFSA, the Department of Education is already looking ahead to next year’s FAFSA.

Tentative 2025–26 Funding Levels available for Campus-Based Programs

Knowing the tentative amounts of funding is a key component in the 2025-26 award year planning process for financial aid professionals.

NSLDS Financial Aid History Report (FAT001) now available

Financial aid professionals often want to get to know their students to provide the most appropriate assistance.

Updated 2025-26 Federal School Code List now available

A key component of the FAFSA – the Federal School Code List – has been updated by the Department of Education.

Updated NSLDS Transfer Student Monitoring & Financial Aid History User Guide and Record Layouts available

Financial aid professionals now have updated NSLDS tools available for their use.

The key to knowing which tax year to use on the FAFSA

Anyone can get confused about which tax year to use for the FAFSA.

The real reason admission and scholarship essays are so hard to write

It’s not that you don’t want to write the essay. 

The complete guide to adding or deleting colleges on your FAFSA

It’s okay if you’re not entirely sure where you plan to go to college when completing the FAFSA.

What happens after you submit the FAFSA?

Students often have lots of questions about “what happens next” with the financial aid process.

Four components of a good college financial plan

It is understandable – that overwhelmed feeling you get when thinking about how to pay for college.

February tasks for high school seniors

 It’s just a few, busy months away from graduation for high school seniors.