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FAFSA SAI-calculator 2027-28 (Student Aid Index).

Schat je Student Aid Index (SAI) 2027–28 en je recht op een Pell Grant met de officiële FSA-formules A, B en C, regel voor regel.

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Student status

You are independent if, for example, you were born before January 1, 2004, are married, a graduate student, a veteran, on active duty, support a child or other dependent, or were in foster care. Otherwise you are dependent.

Parents’ marital status

Family size (household size)

The student, the parents, and other children or people the parents support (as they could claim on a tax return).

State of residence

Parent 1: 2025 tax filing status

Parents’ 2025 income and assets

Adjusted gross income (AGI, Form 1040 line 11; combined if married) ($)

Federal income tax paid (Form 1040 line 22 minus Schedule 2 line 2; combined) ($)

Parent 1: income earned from work (wages, net self-employment) ($)

Parent 2: income earned from work ($)

Child support received in the last complete calendar year ($)

Cash, savings and checking accounts (today) ($)

Net worth of investments (not the home you live in; 529 plans count) ($)

Net worth of businesses and/or farms ($)

More income items (optional)

Untaxed additions: deductible IRA/Keogh payments, tax-exempt interest, untaxed IRA and pension distributions minus rollovers ($)

Foreign earned income exclusion (Form 2555) ($)

Offsets: taxable grants and scholarships, education credits, Federal Work-Study ($)

Student’s own 2025 income and assets

Student AGI ($)

Student federal income tax paid ($)

Student income earned from work ($)

Student cash, savings and checking ($)

Student net worth of investments ($)

Student net worth of businesses and/or farms ($)

More income items (optional)

Untaxed additions: deductible IRA/Keogh payments, tax-exempt interest, untaxed IRA and pension distributions minus rollovers ($)

Foreign earned income exclusion (Form 2555) ($)

Offsets: taxable grants and scholarships, education credits, Federal Work-Study ($)

Pell Grant amounts for 2027–28

Maximum Pell Grant (dollars) ($)

Minimum Pell Grant (dollars) ($)

Not in the guide and not yet announced by Federal Student Aid. Leave blank, or enter the amounts once they are published, to see a partial or minimum Pell result.

Estimated Student Aid Index (SAI)1,384Formula A — dependent student

Pell GrantPell result depends on the 2027–28 award amountsYou meet the minimum-Pell income test (AGI at most 275 % of the poverty guideline, $88,413). With the 2027–28 amounts: partial Pell if the SAI is at most the maximum minus the minimum award, otherwise minimum Pell if the SAI is below twice the maximum.

Formula result before limits: 1,384
AGI + foreign income exclusion: $62,000
2025 poverty guideline for this family: $32,150
Maximum-Pell AGI limit: $56,263
Minimum-Pell AGI limit: $88,413

Unofficial estimate for planning. Your official SAI comes only from the FAFSA form; schools set the final award. Compare with the official Federal Student Aid Estimator on studentaid.gov. Federal Student Aid Estimator (studentaid.gov)

Step-by-step worksheet — Formula A — dependent student

Line	Item	Amount
1	Parents’ total income additions (AGI + untaxed items + foreign exclusion)	62,000
2	Parents’ income offsets	0
3	Total parents’ income (may be negative)	62,000
4	Parents’ federal income tax paid	2,100
5a	Payroll tax allowance — Medicare (HI)	899
5b	Payroll tax allowance — Social Security (OASDI)	3,844
6	Income protection allowance (Table A2, family size)	46,590
7	Employment expense allowance (lesser of 35 % of earnings or $5,200)	5,200
8	Total allowances against income	58,633
9	Parents’ available income (may be negative)	3,367
10	Child support received	0
11	Cash, savings and checking	8,000
12	Net worth of investments (0 if negative)	5,000
13	Adjusted net worth of businesses/farms (Table A3)	0
14	Net worth	13,000
15	Asset protection allowance (Table A4: $0 at every age)	0
17	Parents’ contribution from assets (net worth × 12 %)	1,560
18	Parents’ adjusted available income (may be negative)	4,927
19	Parents’ contribution (Table A5) — 0 + 22 % of AAI over 0	1,084
20	Student total income additions	4,000
21	Student income offsets	0
22	Total student income	4,000
23	Student federal income tax paid	0
24a	Student payroll allowance — Medicare (HI)	58
24b	Student payroll allowance — Social Security (OASDI)	248
25	Student income protection allowance	12,220
26	Allowance for parents’ negative adjusted available income	0
27	Total student allowances	12,526
28	Student available income (may be negative)	-8,526
30	Student contribution from income (× 50 %, 0 if negative)	0
31	Student cash, savings and checking	1,500
32	Student investments	0
33	Student adjusted business/farm net worth	0
34	Student net worth	1,500
36	Student contribution from assets (× 20 %)	300
37	Student Aid Index (before the −1,500 floor)	1,384
	Estimated Student Aid Index (SAI)	1,384

Not covered: separate Puerto Rico or territory returns, a parent or spouse with a different spouse on a joint return, provisional independence, professional judgment, Children of Fallen Heroes and Iraq-Afghanistan Service Grant rules, and the asset-reporting exemptions (enter 0 for assets if you are exempt). The guide gives no payroll rule for a contributor who did not file: their earnings use the single limits. Pell eligibility also requires an undergraduate (or eligible teacher-certification or workforce) program; the award amount depends on cost and enrollment.

Source: 2027–28 Student Aid Index (SAI) and Pell Grant Eligibility Guide, Version 1, June 2026 (U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid). Poverty guidelines: Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines, Federal Register Vol. 90, No. 11, January 17, 2025, pp. 5917–5918 (checked 2026-10-17).

Zo schat je je SAI 2027–28

Kies je status: afhankelijke student (de gegevens van je ouders tellen) of onafhankelijke student, met of zonder personen ten laste.
Vul burgerlijke staat, gezinsgrootte en staat van verblijf in (Alaska en Hawaï hebben eigen armoedegrenzen).
Vul de bedragen van belastingjaar 2025 in: AGI, betaalde federale inkomstenbelasting, arbeidsinkomen, spaargeld, beleggingen en nettowaarde van een bedrijf of boerderij.

Het rekenvoorbeeld uit de officiële gids is ingebouwd als test: afhankelijke student, gezin van 7, AGI ouders $ 166.332, SAI 12.198, regel voor regel gelijk aan de gids. Plan de kosten met de spaardoelcalculator.

Formules A, B en C en de Pell Grant

Formule A geldt voor afhankelijke studenten, B voor onafhankelijke studenten zonder personen ten laste en C voor onafhankelijke studenten met personen ten laste. De SAI loopt van −1.500 tot 999.999.

De maximale Pell Grant geldt zonder belastingaangifte over 2025, bij een AGI tot 175 % van de armoedegrens 2025 (225 % voor een alleenstaande ouder) of bij een SAI van 0 of lager. De Pell-bedragen voor 2027–28 zijn nog niet gepubliceerd.

Limieten en ondersteunde formaten

Je invoer wordt op je apparaat verwerkt.

Technische opmerkingen in het Engels

Unofficial estimate: only the FAFSA gives your SAI. The 2027–28 maximum and minimum Pell amounts are not published yet, so partial or minimum Pell needs the amounts entered. No Puerto Rico/territory returns, provisional independence or professional judgment. Nothing is uploaded.

Tables of the FSA “2027–28 SAI and Pell Grant Eligibility Guide” (June 2026): income protection allowances (Tables A2, C2, C3), payroll tax with the 2025 $176,100 Social Security base, business/farm adjustment, asset protection ($0), contribution bands (A5, C6), the −1,500 floor, maximum Pell at 175 %/225 % and minimum Pell at 275–400 % of the 2025 HHS poverty guidelines. Guide rounding (three decimals, then whole dollars).

The guide’s own worked example (dependent student, family of 7, parents’ AGI $166,332, tax $40,326, assets $73,363; student AGI $5,723) gives parents’ contribution $12,198 and an SAI of 12,198, matched line by line.

Veelgestelde vragen

Wat is de Student Aid Index?

Het getal dat het FAFSA-formulier berekent voor Amerikaanse federale studiefinanciering, zoals de Pell Grant. Het vervangt de EFC en loopt van −1.500 tot 999.999.

Welk belastingjaar gebruikt de FAFSA 2027–28?

Belastingjaar 2025, met de HHS-armoedegrenzen van 2025.

Is de uitkomst officieel?

Nee, het is een schatting; alleen het FAFSA-formulier geeft je officiële SAI. Je gegevens blijven in je browser.