"The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (known as the
FAFSA) is a form that can be prepared annually by current and
prospective college students (undergraduate and graduate) in the
United States to determine their eligibility for student
financial aid (including the Pell Grant, Federal student loans
and Federal Work-Study). Despite its name, the application is
not for a single federal program, being rather the gateway of
consideration for: - the nine federal student-aid programs - the
605 state aid programs - most of the institutional aid
available" (Wikipedia) A searchable list of the school codes
used to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA). From the U.S. Department of Education. "Five federal
agencies -- U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of
Education, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
U.S. Small Business Administration, and the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs -- have come together to create this single
point of access for federal loan informa