CSS Profile

What is the CSS Profile?

The CSS Profile application is a form that is used by almost 300 colleges and scholarship programs to award financial aid that is disbursed by the school. This is not to be confused with the FAFSA, which is the application for federal funds. The funds that are given out by the information given on the CSS Profile application are usually school funds.

The CSS Profile application is not required by all colleges and scholarship programs. The student should check with the colleges they are interested in to see if it’s a requirement.

The CSS Profile application is much longer and more in depth than the FAFSA. In addition, there are fees involved with submitting the CSS Profile application for each college that the student is interested in applying to. The fees for the 2016-2017 application are $25 for the first school and $16 for each additional school. After you submit your application, the College Board sends it to the colleges and scholarship programs you have chosen.

CSS Profile Deadlines

There is not one set deadline to submit the application, each school and program could, and probably does have a different deadline to get the application submitted.

Getting the CSS Profile application submitted before the deadline is very important as you might miss out on a ton of free financial aid for school.

If you are applying to several schools, you need to get in your application submitted in time to the place with the earliest deadline. There are scholarships that also use this form so the best advice is to personally call all the places that you are applying that require this profile form and ask them what the deadline is so you are sure you do not miss a deadline and get the most aid.

What documents are needed to apply?

The same documents needed for FAFSA (click here to get list)

2016 Federal Income Tax Return(s), if completed
- If 2016 Tax Return(s) are not completed, please provide last pay stubs for student and both parents
2016 Records of Untaxed Income and Benefits
Current Mortgage Information
Non-custodial parent profile, if applicable
Completed Questionnaire which we provide

What is the CSS Profile?

CSS Profile Participating Schools

CSS Profile Deadlines

What documents are needed to apply?

FAFSA Documents

CSS Code	Name	State	PROFILE	PROFILE for International Students	Noncustodial PROFILE	IDOC
0690	10,000 Degrees	CA	Yes	Yes	No	No
1001	Adrian College	MI	Yes	No	No	No
5002	Agnes Scott College	GA	Yes	Yes	No	No
1003	Alabama A&M University	AL	No	No	No	Yes
2013	Albany College of Pharmacy	NY	Yes	No	Yes	No
2004	Albright College	PA	Yes	No	No	No
1010	Alma College	MI	No	Yes	No	No
2707	American Councils for Intl Edu	DC	Yes	No	No	No
0540	American Foreign Srvc Assoc SF	DC	Yes	No	Yes	No
5007	American University	DC	Yes	No	Yes	No
3003	Amherst College	MA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
0193	Armenian Student Assoc of Amer	RI	Yes	Yes	No	No
0613	Attleboro Scholarship Found	MA	Yes	No	No	No
3075	Babson College	MA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2037	Bard College	NY	Yes	No	Yes	No
3795	Bard College at Simon’s Rock	MA	Yes	No	Yes	No
2038	Barnard College	NY	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
3076	Bates College	ME	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
3080	Bennington College	VT	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
3098	Bentley U: Mccallum Graduate	MA	Yes	No	No	No
3096	Bentley University	MA	Yes	No	No	No
3107	Berklee College of Music	MA	Yes	No	Yes	No
5059	Berry College	GA	Yes	No	No	No
1064	Birmingham-Southern College	AL	No	Yes	No	No
3083	Boston College	MA	Yes	No	Yes	No
3087	Boston University	MA	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
3089	Bowdoin College	ME	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
9785	Boyce College	KY	Yes	Yes	No	No
3092	Brandeis University	MA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
3269	Bridgton Academy	ME	Yes	No	No	No
3189	Brown University	RI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2049	Bryn Mawr College	PA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2050	Bucknell University	PA	Yes	No	No	No
4034	California Institute of Tech	CA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
4049	California Institute of the Arts	CA	Yes	Yes	No	No
6081	Carleton College	MN	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2074	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
0520	Caroline E. Hill Scholar Fund	MA	Yes	Yes	No	No
1104	Case Western Reserve U: Sch of Med	OH	Yes	No	Yes	No