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FAFSA State Financial Aid Deadlines
State deadlines may be earlier than the federal deadline. If a link has been provided to a state online form, you can select the state name to be directed to that form.
Important Notes
- State forms do not replace filling out the FAFSA. You must fill out the FAFSA to receive federal student aid.
- Date received means received by the U.S. Department of Education, unless otherwise indicated.
- * 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.
State Financial Aid Deadlines
| 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* |
