Financial aid offers are finally in the hands of many students, but because of delays with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid many students are deciding where they are going to enroll before ...

Discover how FAFSA award letters outline your financial aid eligibility, detailing grants, loans, and scholarships offered by colleges to help fund your education.

Thousands of high school seniors are filling out their federal financial aid form or FAFSA. Numbers show a record increase in applications despite confidence in higher ed being at a low.

Families fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid each year since this is the best (and only) way to qualify for certain types of financial assistance for college. That said, recent ...

Financial aid administrators are upset that the Education Department has not scheduled its annual training for them. But one official says it’s now slated for March.

How states can align their short-term workforce financial aid with Workforce Pell to maximize impact and reduce duplication.

The Student Aid Report was replaced by the FAFSA Submission Summary for the 2024-25 award year Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Sarah Sharkey is a contributor to Buy Side and expert on ...

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 ...

The Department of Education publicly credited enhanced identity verification measures with preventing more than $1B in ...

While enrolling in a graduate program can be an integral part of a long-term career, the cost of an advanced degree is substantial. As of 2023, you’ll typically pay between $54,000 and $73,000 for a ...

Most students can use financial aid to cover on-campus and off-campus housing costs, but there are some exceptions Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Aly J. Yale is a contributor at Buy Side ...

A 529 savings plan can be a powerful tool when saving for future education expenses because investments in the plan can increase tax-free, but many savers don’t take full advantage of the benefits ...