Ranking Colleges in the FAFSA form

No college sees any other colleges on your FAFSA, nor do they know where they were ranked on the form. The only reasons the ranking makes a difference is for students whose state scholarships/grants office wants the state listed first (I don’t know which states have that requirement, though) … and some states will schedule state grants/scholarships for the #1 ranked school. If your state does this, their website will have instructions explaining how to change the school once you finalize your decision.

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