# Federal Student Aid

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/federal-student-aid/  
**Website:** https://studentaid.gov  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 7.6 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 7.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **StudentAid.gov** — 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 ...
- **College Scorecard API** — 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 r...

## Security (1)

- **Federal Student Aid Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Federal Student Aid Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Federal-Government, Financial Aid, Grants, Loans, Student Aid

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/federal-student-aid/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.