Federal School Code Search

In order for the school that you wish to attend to receive your FAFSA information, you must put their six digit Federal School Code on the FAFSA application.

If your FAFSA application does not have the correct Federal School Code on it, the school you want to attend will not get your FAFSA information and you will not be eligible for student aid at that school.

The fastest way to get the correct code is to search on the federal school code database on this web site. You may also call the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-433-3243 or call your school. If your school does not have a federal schools code, the school then does not participate in federal financial aid.

Some tips to help you search:

• Only letters, spaces and hyphens (-) are allowed.
• You must put in at least four characters.
• You must use real university names - the list does not have nicknames or abbreviations (Mizzou, UConn, UCLA).
• Try to use unique words (university, LaCrosse, medical).
• You must include a state.
• City is optional, but can help narrow the search.
• If you use City, please be aware that some cities are listed with abbreviations (St. Louis, St Louis) and some aren't (Saint Louis). Also, some are listed using both.