What income is too high to receive aid from the FAFSA?

Your Income is Too High to Qualify for Student Aid. At a presentation I gave recently a family shared with me that they had been advised by a co-worker not to bother applying for aid because their income was too high to qualify. read more

There is NO income that a US citizen or qualifying non-citizen can have that will completely disqualify them from receiving federal student aid. As I like to tell my students, Bill Gates’ kids could complete the FAFSA and get Stafford loans. read more

They want to know what income and asset levels are too high to qualify for financial aid. Every student should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) every year, even if he or she did not receive anything other than loans during the previous year. read more

At a presentation I gave recently a family shared with me that they had been advised by a co-worker not to bother applying for aid because their income was too high to qualify. The truth is that if they had only applied their daughter would have qualified for over $17,000 per year in aid at the private college she attended. read more