FAFSA State Deadlines for the 2009-10 School Year

Important Reminder: Deadlines expire at midnight CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.

Our operations center can accept your fully completed application up to 1 hour before closing. See our hours of operation page for a calendar of our extended-hour deadline days.

STATE DEADLINE DATE DEADLINE REQUIREMENTS
AK 4/15/09 Date received
AL Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
AR 6/1/09 For Academic Challenge & for fall-term Higher Education Opportunity Grant (date received).
  11/1/09 For spring-term higher education opportunity grant (date received)
    For WorkForce Grants contact your Financial Aid Administrator
AS Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
AZ 3/1/10 Date received
CA 3/2/09 Initial awards (date postmarked)
  9/2/09 Additional community college awards (date postmarked)
CO Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
CT 2/15/09 Date received
DC 6/30/09 Date received by state
DE 4/15/09 Date received
FL 5/15/09 Date processed
FM Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
GA Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
GU Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
HI Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
IA 7/1/09 Date received
ID 3/1/09 Date received
IL 8/15/09 Continuing Applicants (date received)
  9/30/09 First-time Applicants (date received)
IN 3/10/09 Date received
KS 4/1/09 Date received
KY 3/15/09 Date received
LA 7/1/09 Date received
MA 5/1/09 Date received
MD 3/1/09 Date received
ME 5/1/09 Date received
MH Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
MI 3/1/09 Date received
MN 30 days after term starts Date received
MO 4/1/09 Date received
MP Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
MS 3/31/09 HELP Scholarship (date processed)
  9/15/09 MTAG and MESG Grants (date processed)
MT 3/1/09 Date received
NC Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
ND 3/15/09 Date received
NE Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
NH 5/1/09 Date received
NJ 6/1/09 If Tuition Aid Grant received in 2008-09 (date received)
  10/1/09 Fall/Spring Terms (date received)
  3/1/10 Spring Term only (date received)
NM Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
NV Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
NY 5/1/10 Date received
OH 10/1/09 Date received
OK 4/15/09 Date received for best consideration
OR Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
PA 5/1/09 All 2008-09 State Grant recipients & all non-2008-09 State Grant Recipients in degree programs (date received)
  8/1/09 All Other Applicants (date received)
PR Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
PW Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
RI 3/1/09 Date received
SC 6/30/09 Tuition Grants (date received)
SD Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
TN 3/1/09 State Grant (date received)
  9/1/09 State Lottery (date received)
TX Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
UT Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
VA Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
VI Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
VT Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
WA Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
WI Contact your school's financial aid administrator  
WV 3/1/09 Date received
WY Contact your school's financial aid administrator