<p>I’ve tried and tried to find this on this site (or elsewhere) but I haven’t succeeded. Can someone direct me to a list of FAFSA only schools?
Checking the individual school sites can be a LOOOOOOONG process!
Of course I will need to check to confirm but such a list would be a great place to start.</p>
<p>I don’t get your question or the point of FAFSA only. All schools use FAFSA and a smaller pool use FAFSA and CSS. If your question is for schools that use FAFSA only, then look up CSS schools and eliminate them.</p>
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<p>If you have a question about any college…you will find the forms THAT COLLEGE requires on their website.</p>
<p>Nearly every school uses FAFSA. There is no master list that I know of that is FAFSA only since that is most of the schools. As Milkandsugar suggests, you can eliminate those schools using PROFILE by gettting that list but you will still have schools that use their own financial aid app along with FAFSA. THe fact of the matter is that most private schools and well known schools use another app in addition to FAFSA.</p>
<p>One way to answer your question is to do it backwards - find the list of PROFILE schools at the College Board site. You can do a google search like this:
site:collegeboard.com profile participating institutions
and it should be the first link.</p>
<p>Some of these institutions aren’t colleges - they’re high schools or scholarship organizations. But it does include all the colleges that require the PROFILE.</p>
<p>That just leaves out the colleges that have their own customized form in addition to the FAFSA. I think the only way to find those is one college web site at a time.</p>
<p>Addition: only about 250-300 colleges use the PROFILE, so there are lots of FAFSA-only schools. It is true that most of the best-known and most selective private colleges use it, but not all of them.</p>
<p>I decided to put together a list of FAFSA-only schools, and this is how far I got before I decided to take a break. If anyone wants to make additions, that would be great.</p>
<p>I’m including schools that have their own financial aid applications as well as the FAFSA, because these supplements look simpler than the PROFILE and it’s clear that the colleges have some flexibility on how to use the extra information.</p>
<p>There are three lists, for convenience. First, schools from the Colleges that Change Lives list. Then, schools in the Western states, since that’s where I am :-). Then other schools.</p>
<p>Colleges that Change Lives:
Allegheny College
Austin College
Beloit College (college also has its own finaid form)
Birmingham-Southern College
Centre College (college also has its own finaid form)
Cornell College
Denison University
Earlham College (college also has its own finaid form)
Eckerd College
Emory & Henry College
The Evergreen State College
Guilford College
Hendrix College
Hiram College
Hope College (college also has its own finaid form)
Juniata College
Knox College (college also has its own finaid form)
Lawrence University (college also has its own finaid form)
Lynchburg College
Marlboro College
McDaniel College (college also has its own finaid form)
Millsaps College
New College of Florida
Southwestern University
Wheaton College (IL) (college also has its own finaid form)</p>
<p>Western states
[Have not checked to see which colleges have their own forms]
University of Portland
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
St. Mary’s
Chapman University
California Lutheran University
University of Redlands
Mills College
Pepperdine University
Whitworth University
Westminster College
Prescott College</p>
<p>Other areas:
Loyola University</p>
<p>Calreader…there are several thousand colleges and universities in this country. MOST of them use the FAFSA only. In addition, things change. Colleges that didn’t use the Profile last year could be using it this year. Colleges that did use the Profile last year might not be this year. The only way to know is to check EACH college website. And that would be thousands of colleges…if we wanted to list them all here, that would be quite a lengthy list.</p>
<p>Most public universities also are FAFSA only with a few exceptions.</p>
<p>Calreader,</p>
<p>You can add Averett University and Liberty University to your list of FAFSA only schools…they do not use anything EXCEPT the FAFSA and are both located in southern Virginia.</p>
<p>Thanks, Nikki!</p>
<p>Thumper, I know that thousands of schools use only the FAFSA. In my post above (#5), I commented that there are only about 250-300 schools that use the PROFILE, so that leaves a lot that are FAFSA-only. If you do the search I suggested, you can find the most up-to-date list of PROFILE-using schools.</p>
<p>Probably most of the FAFSA-only colleges are public. Many of the others that are private are not schools that people here tend to talk about or have on their radar.</p>
<p>This question comes up often enough, both here and at my kids’ high school, that I thought it might be useful to have a short list of private, FAFSA-only colleges that CC readers might be happy to know about. The Colleges that Change Lives list seemed like a good place to start, since many people here use that as a good starting point in their college search.</p>
<p>Gonzaga University is only FAFSA; are you sure about Pepperdine? We loked at it 5+ years ago and I thought it was Profile, but maybe they just had their own form?</p>
<p>Also, almost all public schools are only FAFSA</p>
<p>Remember, however, that FAFSA only schools tend not to meet 100% of need. They often gap, and those gaps can be quite large.</p>
<p>Gonzaga is a great tip. I did check Pepperdine and it seems to be FAFSA-only now; they do have their own form but they call it a “dependent verification form” and it looks like it’s mostly to cross-check against the FAFSA.</p>
<p>I don’t know where the original poster went - maybe they don’t need this info anymore and we’re just talking to ourselves :-).</p>
<p>I’ve been making lots of financial aid handouts for the students at my kids’ school. The point about % of need met is a really good one and I’ve been trying to get the kids to research this for themselves. In California, where many of our kids want to stay, the private colleges most commonly applied to are all over the place. The best ones (like the Claremont colleges) are 100% need, but then we’ve got National Hispanic University at 45%, St. Mary’s at 64%, Santa Clara University at 72%, and California Lutheran at 80%. Those numbers overlap with our public universities - the CSU’s tend to meet less need (22%-88%, usually in the 60% range), and the UC’s are higher (mostly in the 80% range).</p>
<p>There are a few FAFSA-only schools (I don’t know how many) that meet 100% of need. Chapman University is one. Others are up there in the 90-100% range. That’s the list that would be really useful…</p>
<p>I think I started something. Let me say that I fully recognize that this info is but one piece of the “puzzle” that is $$$ for college. However, it definitely can be important (even crucial) information for some.
While I realize percent need met is more important, I want to limit THIS thread to the question raised.
Some schools will be fafsa only, some fafsa plus PROFILE, some fafsa plus institutional, some fafsa plus both.
The “negative proof” method using the PROFILE list will lead to two categories.
- fafsa plus profile with or without an institutional form.
- fafsa without profile with or without institutional form.
That isn’t precisely what I seek.
Ideally (not just for me, but for everyones use who cares) the categories should be: - fafsa ALONE
- fafsa plus profile NO instituional
- fafsa plus profile PLUS institutional
- fafsa NO profile but yes institutional</p>
<p>Calreader…thanks for a great start.</p>
<p>The fafsa only schools for us gave the worst aid…the extra questions the CSS profile asked seemed to help a bit.
I overheard a GC say once that most public colleges are fafsa only and most private aren’t, but that is way too broad of a statement.</p>
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<p>Toughquestions…All of this information can be accurately found by looking at college websites. Look at the colleges that interest you…and check there. The schools clearly list their required financial aid application form(s) and the deadlines for submission. As I said earlier…there are several thousand colleges. You are asking us here to find out and list for you ALL of the requirements for ALL of those colleges (that is what all of your categories would encompass). Personally I think you would be better served to list the colleges you are interested in looking at.</p>
<p>As I also mentioned…this info changes. Anyone doing this homework will have to go to the schools websites to get thie answers for this year. Why not just do that??</p>
<p>Or…you can subscribe to the USNews online edition where things like the Common Data Set are readily available for each school.</p>
<p>If you are looking for good financial aid packages, ignoring the PROFILE schools is a mistake as they do tend to have the endowments. Though the list is interesting, I’ll admit. Did not think Pepperdine or Denison would be FAFSA only schools. I’ve always looked on USNEWS & World Report’s data base for fin aid info as it gives the % of need covered and a breakdown of % of need that is in the form of grants. It is not even helpful to get a school that meets a large % of need if it is in the form of loans, usually needing a co signer.</p>
<p>toughquestions, This is an undertaking and I think it is best for you to do the work. Many posters here gave very good suggestions and how to start.</p>
<p>I’m really disappointed that the US News data base no longer shows % of students who receive merit aid. This is in the Common Data Set, but not all colleges make their CDS public, so I used to rely on US News for this info. College Board doesn’t include it either. If anyone can still find this number in there, please let me know! Maybe it’s been moved and I just can’t find it.</p>
<p>For Californians, one big problem with the PROFILE schools is home equity, unless the college is willing to ignore or cap it. Also, some students with divorced parents have a non-custodial parent who is not willing to supply financial data or pay their part of the EFC. So even though the PROFILE schools tend to be wealthier and offer more aid, some students do have to focus mostly on the FAFSA-only schools.</p>
<p>I’ve been surprised at the low level of (average) support from some PROFILE schools, such as Santa Clara University. Even our UC’s have better statistics - I wonder if this is because places like Santa Clara are putting more into merit aid or just not putting a big emphasis on any kind of financial support.</p>
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This is true for other areas of the country as well. And it is magnified by the fact that other areas, such as the Northeast, don’t have such an excellent public college/university system to fall back on.</p>
<p>Yes, California students are lucky in having a strong public university system. Though I’m troubled by our graduation rates - I don’t know if those are typical nationwide or not. For the CSU system, the average 4-year graduate rate is about 12%, and for the UC system it’s about 54%. Is this what you see in your area too? </p>
<p>It’s still very hard for low-income students to afford a public university. The colleges gap and the grant to self-help ratios are not good, so the amounts they are expected to borrow can easily exceed the federal student loan limits. But if they live near a CSU or UC campus and live at home for free, it becomes more affordable. The biggest component of the cost is room and board.</p>