Federal Student Aid an Office of the U.S. Department of Education Email Format
Government AdministrationDistrict of Columbia, United States501-1000 Employees
Federal Student Aid (FSA) is an office of the U.S. Department of Education within the Government Administration sector, headquartered at 830 First Street Northeast, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20202, United States. It is the largest provider of student financial aid in the United States, sponsoring millions of students pursuing higher education and helping pay for college or career school through federal grants, loans, and work-study funds. Each year FSA provides more than $120 billion in federal aid to support more than 15 million students. The agency operates the FAFSA portal and maintains the studentaid.gov website, with a mission to be the most trusted source of student financial aid information. In 2026, reports described increases in headcount and the deployment of an automated identity-verification feature on the FAFSA portal, indicating ongoing modernization and capacity expansion.