FAFSA Deadlines
Application Deadlines
The FAFSA is the federal application for financial aid, but it is also used to apply for aid from other sources, such as your state or school.
TIP: The deadlines for your state or schools may be different from the federal deadlines and you may be required to complete additional forms.
Federal Student Financial Aid Deadlines (see below)
State Student Financial Aid Deadlines (see chart)
Check with your high school guidance counselor or a financial aid administrator at your school about state and school sources of student aid.
The 2010-2011 School Year (July 1st, 2010 – June 30th, 2011):
- FAFSA on the Web applications must be submitted by midnight Central Daylight time, June 30, 2011.
- Corrections on the Web forms must be submitted by midnight Central Daylight time, September 15, 2011.
- Note: Your school must have your complete and correct information by your last day of enrollment in the 2010-2011 school year.
Start your application here: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/complete001.htm
State Student Financial Aid Deadlines
State deadlines may be earlier than the federal deadline.
Remember to apply early before funds run out.
Find additional funds for your education using our scholarship finder.
| State | Deadlines |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Alaska | April 15, 2010 @ |
| American Samoa | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Arizona | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Arkansas | For Academic Challenge – June 1, 2010 @ For Workforce Grant – check with your financial aid administrator For Higher Education Opportunity Grant – June 1, 2010 (fall term) @; November 1, 2010 (spring term) @ |
| California | For initial awards – March 2, 2010 +* For additional community college awards – September 2, 2010 – date postmarked +* |
| Colorado | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Connecticut | February 15, 2010 #* |
| Delaware | April 15, 2010 @ |
| District of Columbia | June 30, 2010 @#* |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Florida | May 15, 2010 – date processed |
| Georgia | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Guam | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Hawaii | Check with you financial aid administrator* |
| Idaho | Opportunity Grant – March 1, 2010 @#* |
| Illinois | As soon as possible after January 1, 2010. Awards made until funds are depleted. |
| Indiana | March 10, 2010 & |
| Iowa | July 1, 2010 @ |
| Kansas | April 1, 2010 @#* |
| Kentucky | March 15, 2010 &# |
| Louisiana | July 1, 2010 @ |
| Maine | May 1, 2010 @ |
| Marshall Islands | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Maryland | March 1, 2010 & |
| Massachusetts | May 1, 2010 @# |
| Michigan | March 1, 2010 & |
| Minnesota | 30 days after term starts @ |
| Mississippi | MTAG and MESG Grants – September 15, 2010 @# HELP Scholarship – March 31, 2010 @# |
| Missouri | April 1, 2010 @# |
| Montana | March 1, 2010 #& |
| Nebraska | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Nevada | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| New Hampshire | May 1, 2010 @ |
| New Jersey | 2009-2010 Tuition Aid Grant recipients – June 1, 2010 @ All other applications – October 1, 2010, for fall and spring terms @; March 1, 2011, for spring term only @ |
| New Mexico | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| New York | May 1, 2011 @+* |
| North Carolina | Check with your finanacial aid administrator |
| North Dakota | March 15, 2010 & |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Ohio | October 1, 2010 @ |
| Oklahoma | April 15, 2010 @# |
| Oregon | OSAC scholarship – March 1, 2010 Oregon Opportunity Grant – check with your financial aid adminstrator |
| Palau | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Pennsylvania | All 2009-2010 State Grant recipients and all non-2009-2010 State Grant recipients in degree programs – May 1, 2010 @* All other applicants – August 1, 2010 @* |
| Puerto Rico | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Rhode Island | March 1, 2010 &# |
| South Carolina | Tuition Grants – June 30, 2010 @ SC Commission on Higher Education – no deadline |
| South Dakota | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Tennessee | For State Grant – February 15, 2010 @# For State Lottery – September 1, 2010 @# |
| Texas | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Utah | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Vermont | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Virginia | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Washington | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| West Virginia | April 15, 2010 @#* |
| Wisconsin | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Wyoming | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
- Additional form may be required. Contact your financial aid administrator or your state agency.
+ Applicants encouraged to obtain proof of mailing. - For priority consideration, submit application by date specified.
@ Deadline by midnight, Central Daylight Time.
& Deadline by midnight, Central Standard Time.