Is cost of living take into account?

Paying for College
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The housing costs in my area are very high

2

The FAFSA doesn’t take cost of living into account unfortunately

3

Oh thanks

4

Strictly speaking the FAFSA DOES have different allowances by state, just not as much as you’d like. Here is the PDF of the formulae. Look at tables A1 and A7.
https://ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/071017EFCFormulaGuide1819.pdf

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Ohh okay, thank you!