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(Application Processing) Subject: 2017-2018 Expected Family Contribution (EFC) Formula Guide

Posted Date:July 14, 2016

Author: Lisa DiCarlo, Director, Student Experience Group, Federal Student Aid

Subject: 2017-2018 Expected Family Contribution (EFC) Formula Guide

We are pleased to announce the posting of the 2017-2018 EFC Formula Guide on the Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Web site. The guide includes EFC worksheets and tables for the 2017-2018 processing cycle. The worksheets and tables in this guide can be used to calculate an estimated EFC for students. The methodology for determining the EFC is found in Part F of Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).

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