FAFSA EFC

It does seem high to me if the family income is truly only 41K (I’m assuming you mean AGI) and there are 0 assets. Was there untaxed income, like money that went into a retirement plan or child support received? You can go through the formula and calculate it out by hand.

https://ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/2021EFCFormulaGuide.pdf