Information for students, parents, and families regarding upcoming changes to the FAFSA.
The 2026-2027 FAFSA.
- The 2026-27 FAFSA has launched! Students applying for admission for Fall 2026 should review the Financial Aid dates and deadlines.
The 2025-2026 FAFSA.
- The FAFSA and the CSS Profile have opened for the 2025-26 academic year.
- Students and contributors could encounter issues with the 2025-26 FAFSA, so we encourage students and families to be patient as the Department of Education rolls out the form.
- To ensure the timely processing of financial aid, the 2025-26 CSS Profile should be submitted as soon as possible.
- Please review our dates and deadlines page for more information.
Resources for Families
https://www.youtube.com/@FSAOutreach
https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/request-interpreter
What can I do to prepare for the FAFSA?
Prepare now so you can complete the 2026–27 FAFSA form as possible. Here are some ways you can get ready:
- Create a StudentAid.gov account (if you don’t already have one).
- Learn about the documents you may need to fill out the FAFSA form.
- Determine your dependency status and whether your parent(s) or spouse will be required to contribute information on your FAFSA form.
- If you’re a dependent student, use the Who’s My FAFSA Parent? wizard to identify which parent(s) will be a required contributor on your form.
- Learn what it means to provide Consent and Approval on the FAFSA.
- Entering students should complete the CSS Profile as soon as possible. The CSS Profile is the application for Syracuse University grant funding and should be completed once during a student’s undergraduate career.
- Follow the Department of Education on social media:
New Consent and Approval Process:
The student and any contributors identified on your FAFSA form must provide consent and approval. The consent and approval must be provided, even if one of the contributors does not have a Social Security number, did not file taxes, or filed taxes outside the United States.
If any of the student’s contributors do not provide consent and approval or refuse to provide them, the student will not be eligible for federal student aid.
When the student and their contributors provide consent and approval to the U.S. Department of Education on the FAFSA form, they are agreeing to:
- share personally identifiable information provided on the FAFSA form with the IRS,
- have federal tax information transferred directly into the FAFSA form,
- allow the U.S. Department of Education to use federal tax information to determine eligibility for federal student aid,
- all the U.S. Department of Education to share your federal tax information with higher education agencies and the schools listed on the FAFSA form, and
- all the U.S. Department of Education to reuse your federal tax information on other FAFSA forms that you are invited to and choose to participate in.
