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Is FAFSA Down?

FAFSA is a government service.

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FAFSA is UP

FAFSA is reachable from our servers. It responded with HTTP 200 in 216ms. If you cannot access it, the issue is likely on your end — try clearing your cache, flushing DNS, or switching networks.

Response: 216ms

Status: HTTP 200

Checked: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:01:03 GMT

From: Cloudflare Edge

Site: studentaid.gov ↗

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About FAFSA outages

FAFSA (studentaid.gov) is a government service. FAFSA is a government service.

Common causes of FAFSA outages include server overload, DNS failures, DDoS attacks, software deployments, CDN issues, and infrastructure failures. Most outages resolve within minutes to a few hours.

If FAFSA is down for everyone: Check their official status page and social media for updates.

If FAFSA is up but not working for you: Try clearing your browser cache, disabling your VPN, flushing DNS, or switching networks.