FAFSA State Financial Aid Deadlines
State FAFSA deadlines may be earlier than the federal deadlines. If a link has been provided to a state online form, you can select the state name to be directed to that form. States may also have their own financial aid applications.
FAFSA Deadlines by State
Please note:
- The State FAFSA Form deadlines may have already passed and you should be looking at the new FAFSA Form for next year and beginning to prepare for it. The state deadlines remain similar year after year, and we have updated the list for you.
- State forms do not replace filling out the FAFSA. You must fill out the FAFSA to receive federal student aid.
- The state deadline to note is that of your state of legal residence.
- 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 keep a record of their submission by printing out their online FAFSA confirmation page or obtaining proof of mailing.
- # For priority consideration, submit application by date specified.
- @ Deadline by midnight, Central Daylight Time.
- & Deadline by midnight, Central Standard Time.
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State Financial Aid Deadlines 2012-2013
| State | Deadlines |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Alaska | For AK Education Grant and AK Performance Scholarship - June 30, 2012 @ |
| American Samoa | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Arizona | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Arkansas | For Academic Challenge and Higher Education Opportunity Grant - June 1, 2012 @ For Workforce Grant - check with your financial aid administrator |
| California | For initial awards - March 2, 2012 ^* For additional community college awards - September 2, 2012 - date postmarked ^* |
| Colorado | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Connecticut | February 15, 2012 #* |
| Delaware | April 15, 2012 @ |
| District of Columbia | June 30, 2012 @#* |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Florida | May 15, 2012 - 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, 2012 @#* |
| Illinois | As soon as possible after January 1, 2012. Awards made until funds are depleted. |
| Indiana | March 10, 2012 & |
| Iowa | July 1, 2012 @; earlier priority deadlines may exist for certain programs. |
| Kansas | April 1, 2012 @#* |
| Kentucky | As soon as possible after January 1, 2012. Awards made until funds are depleted. |
| Louisiana | July 1, 2012 (recommended) |
| Maine | May 1, 2012 |
| Marshall Islands | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Maryland | March 1, 2012 & |
| Massachusetts | May 1, 2012 @# |
| Michigan | March 1, 2012 & |
| Minnesota | 30 days after term starts @ |
| Mississippi | MTAG and MESG Grants - September 15, 2012 @# HELP Scholarship - March 31, 2012 @# |
| Missouri | April 2, 2012 @# |
| Montana | March 1, 2012 #& |
| Nebraska | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Nevada | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| New Hampshire | State grants not offered for 2012-2013 |
| New Jersey | 2011-2012 Tuition Aid Grant recipients - June 1, 2012 @
All other applications - October 1, 2012, for fall and spring terms @; March 1, 2013, for spring term only @ |
| New Mexico | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| New York | June 30, 2012 @^* |
| North Carolina | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| North Dakota | April 15, 2012 &# |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Ohio | October 1, 2012 @ |
| Oklahoma | March 1, 2012 |
| Oregon | OSAC scholarship - March 1, 2012 & Oregon Opportunity Grant - February 1, 2012 |
| Palau | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Pennsylvania | All first-time applicants at a community college; a business/trade/technical school; a hospital school of nursing; or enrolled in a non-transferable two-year program -
August 1, 2012 @* All other applicants - May 1, 2012 @* |
| Puerto Rico | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Rhode Island | March 1, 2012 &# |
| South Carolina | Tuition Grants - June 30, 2012 @ SC Commission on Higher Education - As soon as possible after January 1, 2012. Awards made until funds are depleted. |
| South Dakota | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Tennessee | For State Grant - As soon as possible after January 1, 2012. Awards made until funds are depleted. For State Lottery - September 1, 2012 @# |
| 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 | As soon as possible after January 1, 2012. Awards made until funds are depleted. * |
| Virginia | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
| Washington | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| West Virginia | For Promise Scholarship - March 1, 2012 #* For WV Higher Education Grant Program - April 16, 2012 # |
| Wisconsin | Check with your financial aid administrator |
| Wyoming | Check with your financial aid administrator* |
