The College Board’s CSS Profile is an online application used to award financial aid from sources other than the state and federal financial aid programs.  It is submitted in addition to the FAFSA but ONLY if a school or scholarship requires it.    

• The application is available October 1st each year on The College Board website at: https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/

• The fee for the initial application and one college or program is $25.00.  Additional reports are $16.00.  Fee waivers are available for eligible students. 

• The CSS Profile takes a more in-depth look at parental finances and will collect financial information from the noncustodial parent in cases where the student does not live with both parents.

 

The following Pennsylvania schools and organizations use the CSS Profile as of 2021:​

• Bryn Mawr College

• Bucknell University

• Carnegie Mellon University

• Dickinson College

• Drexel University

• Franklin & Marshall College

• Gettysburg College

• Haverford College

• Kutztown University (international students only)

• Lafayette College

• University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

• Swarthmore College

• University of Pennsylvania

• Villanova University