SAT Fee Waivers

SAT fee waivers allow eligible students to take the SAT for free and get other benefits to apply to college.

Fee Waiver Benefits

  • Two free SAT tests
  • Free college application benefits
    • Unlimited score reports to send to colleges
    • Waived application fees at participating colleges
    • Free CSS Profile applications to apply for financial aid from participating schools

Additional fee waiver benefits include:

  • No international fees for free tests (if a U.S. student is testing abroad)
  • No late registration fees for free tests
  • No change or cancellation fees (upon cancellation, unused fee waiver benefits will be returned to the student)
  • Fee reductions for score verification reports

What Fee Waivers Don't Cover

Even if students have a fee waiver, it doesn't cover some of the costs for registration changes. Students would still have to pay fees associated with:

  • Changing their test center
  • Requesting rush scores
  • Requesting to receive scores by phone
  • Testing at specific international test centers (if a U.S. student is testing abroad)

Eligibility

SAT fee waivers are available to low-income 11th- and 12th-grade students in the U.S. or U.S. territories. Students attending school outside the country must also be U.S. citizens to be eligible for fee waivers.

Students are eligible to receive a fee waiver if they meet one or more of the following qualifications:

  • Are enrolled in or eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
  • Have annual family income that falls within the Income Eligibility Guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service
  • Are enrolled in a federal, state, or local program that aids students from low-income families (e.g., TRIO programs like Upward Bound)
  • Are part of a family that receives public assistance
  • Unhoused or reside in federally subsidized public housing or a foster home
  • Are a ward of the state or an orphan

Keep in Mind

Upcoming Changes to SAT Fee Waivers

All SAT fee waiver codes from the 2024–25 school year and earlier expired on August 14, 2025. Benefits already loaded into students' College Board accounts can be used and will not expire. New SAT Weekend fee waiver codes for the 2025–26 school year begin with "FW25." Schools can access them through the K–12 score reporting portal in Downloadable Reports/Other Report Downloads. Please share updated codes with all eligible students.

All high schools with prior fee waiver usage, as well as new schools that recently received an Attending Institution (AI) code, automatically receive SAT fee waiver codes. The number of codes provided is based on historical usage. To request additional codes, call the SAT Educator Helpline at 888-SAT-HELP. Each code can be used once and covers two SAT administrations. Students who have already tested with a fee waiver will continue to see their full set of benefits in their College Board account.

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