Help and instructions
File your FAFSA
File your FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Financial aid awards for fall 2024
This year (2024-2025 academic year) it will be easier for families to complete the FAFSA with the streamlined FAFSA application. The new FAFSA form is now available. UMassD anticipates sending award letters in late spring.
Help & Instructions
- Creating an FSA ID (PDF)
- Ordering a tax return transcript (PDF)
- How to Obtain a Non-Filing Statement Instructions (PDF)
- Using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool
- Determining your dependency status
- IRS Form 4506-T (PDF)
- Requesting a Selective Service Status Information Letter
- Cost of Attendance Adjustment (PDF)
- Consortium Agreement (PDF)
- Applying for a Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan (PDF)
- Applying for a Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan (PDF)
- Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) waiver form (PDF)
State Student Aid Links
- Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
- Massachusetts Office of Student Financial Aid Assistance
- Rhode Island Foundation