FAFSA Priority Date

Like numerous universities/colleges, Kansas State University sets a FAFSA Priority Date for each student aid year. A FAFSA Priority Date allows the Office of Student Financial Assistance to provide students with the opportunity to be considered for specific need-based but limited financial aid opportunities on an equitable basis. Students who complete and submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the federal government by our FAFSA Priority Date receive preferred consideration for such sources of gift aid. For example, to receive full consideration for K-State’s Land Grant Promise program a student must file their FAFSA by the FAFSA Priority Date each year.

2024-25 FAFSA Priority Date

The 2024-25 FAFSA Priority Date is March 1, 2024. K-State chose to move the date to March, since the 2024-25 FAFSA would not become available until December 2023. (Typically, the U.S. Department of Education makes the FAFSA for a new aid year available on October 1^st.)

2025-26 FAFSA Priority Date

The 2025-26 FAFSA Priority Date is March 1, 2025. K-State chose to keep the date in March, since the 2025-26 FAFSA would not become available until December 2024.