when is the fafsa deadline for 2025-26

The FAFSA deadline for the 2020-2021 academic year was June 30, 2021. This was the final deadline to submit the FAFSA and be eligible for federal financial aid for that year. However, some states and colleges had earlier priority deadlines. For example, the state of Texas had a priority deadline of January 15, 2020, for the 2020-2021 FAFSA. The FAFSA was available for submission starting October 1, 2019, and priority consideration deadlines for some states like Missouri were around February 1, 2020.