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Your FAFSA Deadline..What You Need to Know


The FAFSA deadline to submit an application is at midnight (Central Daylight time) on June 30, 2012 for the 2011-2012 FAFSA form, and June 30, 2013 for the 2012-2013 form. It is always the last day in June of whichever school year it is for.

As long as your application is received before then, you can get federal aid. There is no particular need to rush to meet this federal deadline.

The pressure to file as quickly after the new application comes out (in January, every year) as possible, is because there are other deadlines.

Each college has it's own deadline for considering students for institutional aid (and most require the FAFSA to be filed). This deadline can be found by going to the financial aid department on your college's website. It may change from year to year, so it is important to check to see when you need to file.

Each state also has its own deadline for state aid.

You can find out what your state deadline is for the 2012-2013 school year by mousing over your state on the map below.


Map of the United States

Alabama- Check with your financial aid administratorAlaska- AK Education Grant must be received by April 15, 2012; AK Performance Scholarship - June 30, 2012American Samoa- Check with your financial aid administratorArizona- Check with your financial aid administratorArkansas- For Academic Challenge - June 1, 2012 (date received); For Workforce Grant - check with your financial aid administrator; For Higher Education Opportunity Grant - June 1, 2012- date receivedCalifornia- For initial awards - March 2, 2012; For additional community college awards - September 2, 2012 - date postmarkedColorado- Check with your financial aid administratorConnecticut- must be received by February 15, 2012Delaware- must be received by April 15, 2012Washington, DC- must be received by June 30, 2012Florida- must be processed by May 15, 2012Georgia- Check with your financial aid administratorGuam- Check with your financial aid administratorHawaii- Check with your financial aid administratorIdaho- Opportunity Grant- must be received by March 1, 2012Illinois- As soon as possible after January 1, 2012- Awards made until funds depletedIndiana- must be received by March 10, 2012Iowa- must be received by July 1, 2012 (may be earlier for priority consideration for some programs)Kansas- must be received by April 1, 2012Kentucky- as soon as possible after Jan. 1, 2012; awards given until funds depletedLouisiana- must be received by June 30, 2013; July 1, 2012 recommendedMaine- must be received by May 1, 2012Maryland- must be received by March 1, 2012Massachusetts- must be received by May 1, 2012Michigan- must be received by March 1, 2012Minnesota- must be received 30 days after term startsMississippi- MTAG and MESG Grants - September 15, 2012; HELP Scholarship - March 31, 2012 (date received)Missouri- must be received by April 1, 2012Montana- must be received by March 1, 2012Nebraska- Check with your financial aid administratorNevada- Check with your financial aid administratorNew Hampshire- must be received by May 1, 2012New Jersey- June 1, 2012 if you received a Tuition Aid Grant in 2011-2012; All other applications - October 1, 2012, for fall and spring terms; March 1, 2013, for spring term only (date received)New Mexico- Check with your financial aid administratorNew York- must be received by June 30, 2013 (proof of mailing encouraged)North Carolina- Check with your financial aid administratorNorth Dakota- must be received by March 15, 2012Northern Mariana Islands- Check with your financial aid administratorOhio- must be received by October 1, 2012Oklahoma- must be received by March 15, 2012 (priority)Oregon- OSAC Scholarships- March 1, 2012, Oregon Opportunity Grant- As soon as possible after January 1, 2012 until funds depletedPennsylvania- All 2011-2012 State Grant recipients and all non-2011-2012 State Grant recipients in degree programs - May 1, 2012; All other applicants - August 1, 2012 (date received)Puerto Rico- Check with your financial aid administrator Rhode Island- must be received by March 1, 2012South Carolina- Tuition Grants- must be received by June 30, 2012; SC Commission on Higher Education - As soon as possible after January 1, 2012 (until funds depleted)South Dakota- Check with your financial aid administratorTennessee- For State Grant- As soon as possible after January 1, 2012 until funds depleted; For State Lottery- September 1, 2012 (date received)Texas- Check with your financial aid administratorTrust Territories- Check with your financial aid administratorUtah- Check with your financial aid administratorVermont- Check with your financial aid administratorVirgin Islands- Check with your financial aid administratorVirginia- Check with your financial aid administratorWashington- Check with your financial aid administrator West Virginia- must be received by April 15, 2012Wisconsin- Check with your financial aid administratorWyoming- Check with your financial aid administrator

Even though the second "F" in FAFSA does stand for "Federal", state governments also offer financial aid and that is what these deadlines are for. Some states have moved their dates for 2012-2013. Do not assume it is the same as last year's date, when it is time to renew FAFSA.

Make sure you notice whether your state deadline refers to receiving the application or processing it.If it says "must be received by", you should get proof of the date that you submitted the application.

The printable FAFSA application can be downloaded and used for your own records. You can also check to see what kind of information you will need to gather (like the FAFSA school codes) so you can meet your deadline.


A new pilot program in the Department of Education will allow some high schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) to find out whether or not their students have submitted a completed FAFSA, simply by giving the student's name, address and date of birth.

If you and your parents opt to "share" disclosure of FAFSA information, it may not be just your future school(s) that will know whether or not you've made your FAFSA deadline.

FAFSA Deadline Reminders

Once you've learned what your deadline is, you can set popup reminders on your computer if you want to be sure to remember it. If your computer uses Windows Vista, you can simply:
  1. Go to the start menu, type 'windows calendar' into the search bar, and go to that program.

  2. Set the date, pick a time, enter the details, such as a note saying, "FAFSA deadline reminder" and decide if and when you want recurring messages.
If your computer uses Windows 7, you would have to download a program because the popup reminder is not included in that version. One program that is free (for this function at least) and seems to work (I tried it out.) is Remind. Don't forget to uncheck commercial offers you are not interested in. (I think there's 3.)

For Mac users, Quicksilver does the same thing. (I have not tried this one; I don't have a Mac.)

You can use these reminders to keep track of other college funding deadlines, besides the FAFSA deadline. For instance, you may have a number of college grants and scholarships you want to apply for.


Even if you are not ready to fill out the form, go to the FAFSA website and get your FAFSA PIN to save some time.

The FAFSA for the next fall/spring terms comes out January 1.

File early, even if you have to estimate your tax information. (This is not that hard to do, because to FAFSA, deferred compensation is considered income rather than assets.

FAFSA corrections can be made later on. Corrections should only be made if the information was wrong, not if things have changed since you filed. (If this happens, contact your financial aid office- they can change your data to get you more financial aid for college.)

Remember, the sooner you know

your EFC number, the sooner you'll know how much money you need to come up with for school. Simply meeting the Pell grant qualifications is not enough to get other kinds of school-based aid that that you might qualify for (such as federal Perkins student loans, or work-study). If you wait too long to apply, that money will go to someone else.

For added speed, use the FAFSA online application.


college loan consultant Awareness of your FAFSA deadline will help your overall financial aid strategy and planning. By missing a deadline, you could be giving up thousands of dollars in state or institutional aid.



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