“The U.S. Department of Education’s office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) provides more than $120 billion in financial aid to help pay for college or career school each year,” (https://studentaid.gov/ , 2020). At Gloco Counselors one of our goals is to help as many students as possible complete this free application and get help with their university tuition. We have design the FAFSA table below by state to help students meet the recommended deadlines for filling out the Free FAFSA Application.
State / Territory | 2020-2021 Deadlines | |
Alabama | AL | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Alaska | AK | AK Education Grant - Immediately after Oct. 1, 2020 |
American Samoa | AS | Check with your financial aid administrator; additional forms may be required |
Arizona | AZ | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Arkansas | AR | For Academic Challenge and Higher Education Opportunity Grant - June 1, 2020 |
California | CA | For initial awards - March 2, 2020 |
Colorado | CO | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Connecticut | CT | February 15, 2020 . |
Delaware | DE | Submit your application by midnight April 15, 2020. |
District of Columbia | DC | May 1, 2020 is the deadline for priority application submission. |
Federated States of Micronesia | FM | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Florida | FL | May 15, 2020 (date processed) |
Georgia | GA | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Guam | GU | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Hawaii | HI | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Idaho | ID | Opportunity Grant - March 1, 2020 is the deadline for priority consideration. |
Illinois | IL | Immediately after October 1, 2020 |
Indiana | IN | Frank O'Bannon Grant and 21st Century Scholarship Grant - April 15, 2020 (date received) |
Iowa | IA | July 1, 2020 (date received); Earlier priority deadlines may exist for certain programs. |
Kansas | KS | April 1, 2020 CT by midnight (date received) |
Kentucky | KY | Immediately after October 1, 2020 |
Louisiana | LA | July 1, 202o for priority consideration (July 1, 2020 recommended) |
Maine | ME | May 1, 2020 by midnight CT |
Marshall Islands | MH | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Maryland | MD | March 1, 2020 by midnight CT (date received) |
Massachusetts | MA | Submit your application by May 1, 2020 for priority consideration (date received) |
Michigan | MI | March 1, 2020 CT (date received) |
Minnesota | MN | Submit your application 30 days after term starts by midnight (date received) |
Mississippi | MS | By midnight CT June 1, 2020 |
Missouri | MO | February 1, 2019. Applications accepted through April 1, 2019. |
Montana | MT | For priority consideration, Dec. 1, 2019 - check with financial aid officer |
Nebraska | NE | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Nevada | NV | Silver State Opportunity Grant – immediately after October 1, 2020 |
New Hampshire | NH | Check with your financial aid administrator |
New Jersey | NJ | 2018-2019 Tuition Aid Grant recipients - April 15, 2020 by midnight CT |
New Mexico | NM | Check with your financial aid administrator |
New York | NY | Submit your application by June 30, 2021 CT (date received) |
North Carolina | NC | Immediately after October 1, 2020 |
North Dakota | ND | Immediately after October 1, 2020 |
Northern Mariana Islands | MP | April 30, 2020 |
Ohio | OH | Submit your application by October 1, 2020 CT (date received) |
Oklahoma | OK | Immediately after October 1, 2019 |
Oregon | OR | Oregon Opportunity Grant: Immediately after October 1, 2020 |
Palau | PW | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Pennsylvania | PA | All first-time applicants at a community college; a business/trade/technical school; designated Pennsylvania Open-Admission institution, or a hospital school or nursing; or enrolled in a non-transferable two-year program - August 1, 2020 midnight CT(date received) |
Puerto Rico | PR | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Rhode Island | RI | Check with your financial aid administrator |
South Carolina | SC | Tuition Grants - June 30, 2020 (date received) |
South Dakota | SD | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Tennessee | TN | State Grant- February 1, 2020: Eligible prior-year recipients receive priority, and all other awards made based on economic standing to applicants until funds are depleted. |
Texas | TX | January 15, 2020 for priority consideration. |
U.S. Virgin Islands | VI | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Utah | UT | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Vermont | VT | Immediately after October 1, 2020 |
Virginia | VA | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Washington | WA | Immediately following October 1, 2020 |
West Virginia | WV | For PROMISE Scholarship submit your application by March 1, 2020 |
Wisconsin | WI | Check with your financial aid administrator |
Wyoming | WY | Check with your financial aid administrator |
