www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov

Click on Students, Parents and Counselors

At this Web site you can

• Find information on federal student fi nancial aid and access sources of nonfederal aid.
• Use FAFSA4caster to get an early estimate of your eligibility for federal student aid, and an early start in the fi nancial aid process. When you’re ready to apply for aid, much of the information you enter in FAFSA4caster will populate the FAFSA on the Web
• Apply online using FAFSA on the Web (the online version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA).
• Obtain a Federal Student Aid PIN to sign your FAFSA on the Web
• Look up the status of your federal student loan.
• Use “MyFSA” to create a personalized folder to record your interests, career and college searches and any relevant personal information. Track your progress in the college planning and application process. Store information in “MyFSA” to prepopulate fi elds on the FAFSA on the Web
• Get information to help you decide on a career and locate schools offering majors in that fi eld. Then apply to various schools online without leaving the site.

Free Help Completing the FAFSA
www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov/completefafsa

The William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loan)
U.S. Department of Education as lender
www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/DirectLoan/index.html

Use this Web site to fi nd out more information on the Direct Loan Program, such as repayment options and interactive calculators.

Direct Loan Servicing Online
www.dl.ed.gov

Use this Web site to make online payments, view account balance, change billing options, enroll in electronic services, and much more.

U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook (information on various careers and their earning potential)
www.bls.gov/oco

FREQUENTLY REQUESTED TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Federal Student Aid Information Center (FSAIC)
1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243)

TTY users can call 1-800-730-8913

Callers in locations without access to 1-800 numbers may call 319-337-5665 (this is not a toll-free number).

The FSAIC staff can answer your federal student aid questions and can give you all the help you need—FREE—including:

• information about federal student aid programs,
• help completing the FAFSA,
• help in making corrections to your Student Aid Report (SAR), which contains your application results,
• information about the process of determining financial need and awarding aid, and
• information about your federal student loans.

Federal Student Aid Information Center
P.O. Box 84
Washington, DC 20044-0084

Direct Loan borrower services
1-800-848-0979 | TTY users can call 1-800-848-0983

Direct Consolidation Loan information
1-800-557-7392 | TTY users can call 1-800-557-7395

Inspector General Hotline
To report student aid fraud (including identity theft), waste or abuse of U.S. Department of Education funds

1-800-MIS-USED (1-800-647-8733)

E-mail: oig.hotline@ed.gov

Web site: www.ed.gov/misused