Federal Student Aid

The Federal Student Aid (FSA) office of the U.S. Department of Education provides grants, loans, and work-study funds to eligible students enrolled in college or career school. FSA operates StudentAid.gov as the consumer portal for managing federal student loans, completing the FAFSA, and exploring repayment options. FSA does not currently publish a public, open developer API program; aggregate higher education and aid data is redistributed through the Department of Education's open data programs such as the College Scorecard API.

Federal Student Aid publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Federal Government, Financial Aid, Grants, and Loans.

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17.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

2 APIs

EducationFederal GovernmentFinancial AidGrantsLoansStudent Aid

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 17.9/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Federal Student Aid Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

About

About

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

FAFSA

FAFSA

Open Data

Open Data

Source (apis.yml)

aid: federal-student-aid
name: Federal Student Aid
description: The Federal Student Aid (FSA) office of the U.S. Department of Education provides grants, loans, and work-study
  funds to eligible students enrolled in college or career school. FSA operates StudentAid.gov as the consumer portal for
  managing federal student loans, completing the FAFSA, and exploring repayment options. FSA does not currently publish a
  public, open developer API program; aggregate higher education and aid data is redistributed through the Department of Education's
  open data programs such as the College Scorecard API.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-student-aid.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Consumer
tags:
- Education
- Federal Government
- Financial Aid
- Grants
- Loans
- Student Aid
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-student-aid/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: federal-student-aid:studentaid-gov
  name: StudentAid.gov
  description: StudentAid.gov is the official consumer platform for U.S. federal student aid. Borrowers and students use the
    site to complete the FAFSA, manage federal loans, review repayment plans, and access aid resources. The platform itself
    is not exposed as a public REST API today.
  humanURL: https://studentaid.gov
  tags:
  - Financial Aid
  - Loans
  - Student Aid
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://studentaid.gov
  - type: FAFSA
    url: https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
  - type: Loan Repayment
    url: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/repayment
- aid: federal-student-aid:college-scorecard
  name: College Scorecard API
  description: The College Scorecard API, operated by the U.S. Department of Education via api.data.gov, exposes institution-level
    data including federal aid participation, costs, completion rates, and post-college outcomes that complement Federal Student
    Aid program information.
  humanURL: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/documentation/
  baseURL: https://api.data.gov/ed/collegescorecard/v1
  tags:
  - Education
  - Open Data
  - Higher Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/documentation/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://api.data.gov/signup/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/federal-student-aid-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/federalstudentaid
- type: Website
  url: https://studentaid.gov
- type: About
  url: https://studentaid.gov/about
- type: FAFSA
  url: https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
- type: Open Data
  url: https://www.ed.gov/about/news/data
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Federal Student Aid

Kin Score

APIs 2

StudentAid.gov

College Scorecard API

Pricing Plans 1

Federal Student Aid Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Federal Student Aid Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Federal Student Aid Finops

Security Posture 1

Federal Student Aid Domain Security

Resources

Access & Security 1

Company 3

Other 2

Source (apis.yml)