{"id":52577,"date":"2026-08-17T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=52577"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:12:11","slug":"paying-for-college-fafsa-tasfa-free-tuition-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2026\/08\/17\/paying-for-college-fafsa-tasfa-free-tuition-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying for College: FAFSA, TASFA &amp; Free Tuition Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get help paying for college! In a recent ACC Live, Terry Morris and Daniela Dominguez-Garcia from ACC Financial Aid break down the basics of paying for college, including applying for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA), ACC\u2019s Free Tuition Program, and how to check your eligibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conversation also features a current ACC student sharing their experience and answers some of the questions students ask most, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do I need a certain GPA or income level to qualify for Free Tuition?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do I have to pay Free Tuition back if I don\u2019t complete my program?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do I have to attend ACC full-time to receive Free Tuition?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who can I talk to if I have questions about my eligibility or financial aid?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ACC LIVE | How to Pay For College (Without the Stress)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_-7eELWgSg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACC Free Tuition is just one way students can get help paying for college. Depending on your situation, you may also qualify for grants, scholarships, work-study, or other financial aid. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/paying-for-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get help paying for college! In a recent ACC Live, Terry Morris and Daniela Dominguez-Garcia from ACC Financial Aid break down the basics of paying for college, including applying for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA), ACC\u2019s Free Tuition Program, and how to check [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":52434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1597,10,217],"class_list":["post-52577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-for-you","tag-acc-live","tag-financial-aid","tag-free-tuition","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52578,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52577\/revisions\/52578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}