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The specific release date for the 2025–2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is scheduled for December 1, 2024. The FAFSA Is typically made available in October of each year but the 2025–2026 FAFSA will be delayed with a scheduled launch date of December 1, 2024.

Both you and one of your parents (if applicable) will need to create an FSA ID to file your FAFSA.

You can create an FSA ID on the .

You will need your Social Security Number (or your Alien Registration Number if you are not a U.S. citizen), along with your driver's license number (if you have one). Additionally, prepare a list of the colleges and universities you wish to send your FAFSA information.

ÌÒñ«ÉçÇø's FAFSA School Codes (only use one)

• NYC Campus - 002791
• Pleasantville Campus - 002792
• White Plains Campus - 002727

• Streamlined Application Process: The FAFSA simplification act significantly streamlines the application process, providing a more user-friendly experience. The application has been reduced from 108 to 46 questions. However, based on the answers, not all students will be required to answer all 46 questions.
• Automatic Tax Data Transfer: Starting with the 2024–2025 academic year, all FAFSA applicants must grant consent for the Department of Education to directly retrieve tax information or confirmation of non-filing status from the IRS. This is referred to as the FUTURE Act Direct Data Exchange (FA-DDX) and will replace the previously known, Data Retrieval Tool (DRT). This change minimizes the need for manual data entry, making the process more straightforward for most applicants.
  • Any contributor who does not provide consent can still submit the FAFSA but a Student Aid Index (SAI) will not be generated. This will prevent schools from creating comprehensive financial aid packages.
• Automatic Pell Grant Awards: Families with incomes less than 175% (or single parents with incomes less than 225%) of the will automatically receive the maximum Federal Pell Grant award. Minimum Pell Grants will be guaranteed to students from households below specified income thresholds, depending on household structure. Pell award amounts between the maximum and minimum will be determined by the Student Aid Index (SAI).
• Custodial Parent Changes: The custodial parent on the FAFSA will be the parent(s) who provided the most financial support to the student, rather than the parent that the student lived with for the last 12 months.
• Child Support Reporting: Child support received will be included with the assets and not part of untaxed income.
• Number in College: The number of family members in colleges will not be used in calculating the SAI.
• Small Business and Family Farm Reporting: Families with small businesses or family farms must report their value. If the family farm includes the primary residence, applicants should calculate the net value of all farm assets and subtract the net value of their principal residence to determine the final value of their farm assets.
• Contributors without Social Security Numbers: Parents and spouses who do not have Social Security numbers can now create an FSA ID.
• Dependency Determination: Foster, homeless, unaccompanied youth and students who cannot provide parental information on the FAFSA can complete and submit the FAFSA form with a provisional independent student determination and receive an SAI. Additional information will be required of these students before making a final dependency determination.
• Number of College Codes: Students can list up to 20 colleges on the FAFSA.
• Additional Language Options: The FAFSA will be available in the 11 most commonly spoken languages.

• The FAFSA will still request tax information from the prior-prior year, which means you'll report 2023 income and assets on your 2025–2026 application.

ÌÒñ«ÉçÇø's priority submission deadline to file the 2025–2026 FAFSA is February 15, 2024.

Financial Aid offers will begin going out to newly admitted students for the Fall 2025/Spring 2026 academic year in late January 2025*.

Returning students will receive their 2025–2026 financial aid offer letters once the Spring 2025 semester ends in May 2025.

*Subject to change due to Department of Education delays.