Key Points The 2027-28 FAFSA uses 2025 income, and the 2028-29 FAFSA uses 2026 income. Parents of high school juniors can still change the...

Key Points Unemployment benefits are taxable income, so they’re already included in the adjusted gross income the FAFSA pulls from...

Key Points The Trump administration’s 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence asked colleges for concessions in exchange for vague funding...

Key Points 1 Federal law lists trusts as a reportable asset, and the Department of Education says a trust is the beneficiary’s asset even...

Key Points Thirty-three colleges now advertise free tuition to families earning $100,000 or more, and 12 of them set the threshold at...

The Student Aid Index (SAI) is the key metric that colleges use to calculate your financial need as a relates to providing financial aid...

Dollar-cost averaging is a simple but effective strategy for addressing stock market volatility. Instead of trying to time the market with...

Every 529 plan has an account owner and a beneficiary. Most families spend a lot of time thinking about the beneficiary and almost none...

Key Points For most families, the best 529 plan is your own state’s plan: most states only give the tax break if you use their plan,...

Starting July 1, 2026, the federal government is capping how much graduate students and parents can borrow for college. The Federal Grad...