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Why Didn't Students Complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)? A Detailed Look. Stats in Brief. NCES 2018-061
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Bahr, Steven; Sparks, Dianah; Hoyer, Kathleen Mulvaney – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is an important tool to help students find financial assistance. Not only do students fill out the FAFSA to apply for federal aid for post-secondary education, but also to be considered for aid by states, institutions, and private funders. Thus, filling out the FAFSA, specifically, and applying…
Descriptors: College Students, College Applicants, Student Financial Aid, Financial Aid Applicants
How America Pays for College, 2018: Sallie Mae's National Study of College Students and Parents
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Sallie Mae Bank, 2018
Since 2008, Sallie Mae has surveyed American families with an undergraduate student about their attitudes toward college and how they paid for it. For the past ten years, the "How America Pays for College" research has provided insight regarding families' belief in the value of a college education, how they are making college more…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Student Loan Programs, Undergraduate Students, National Surveys
Financial Needs and Access to Aid among Chinese Vocational High School Students
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Yang, Po – Chinese Education and Society, 2013
This study analyzed 586 students from nine vocational high schools in three provinces in China. It found a substantial gap between the demand for and the supply of government financial aid. Moreover, correct student aid information and aid application was not equally distributed among various student groups. A financial aid application made a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Vocational Schools, High Schools
Profile of Financial Aid Applicants. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Data that is needed on student financial aid applicants are discussed in hearings held as part of fact finding prior to reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Topics include: types of students who apply for student financial assistance, the income levels of their families, the types of institutions they choose, and the degree to which the…
Descriptors: College Choice, Dependents, Federal Aid, Financial Aid Applicants
Direct Loan Evaluation. A Survey of Direct Loan Program and Federal Family Education Loan Program Borrowers: Academic Year 1994-95. Volume One, Summary Report [and] Volume Two, Technical Appendices.
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Macro International, Inc., Calverton, MD. – 1997
Volume 1 of this document reports the results of a telephone survey of approximately 3,600 student and parent borrowers who originated loans during the 1994-95 academic year using two Title IV Federal student loan programs, the Direct Loan and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs. The objective of the survey was to provide baseline…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Finance
GAPSFAS Applicant Profiles: 1981-1984.
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Graduate and Professional School Financial Aid Service. – 1985
Demographic and economic information were collected about students who applied for financial aid to attend graduate or professional school for academic years 1981-1984 through the Graduate and Professional School Financial Aid Service (GAPSFAS). GAPSFAS is a centralized financial need analysis service used by more than 700 graduate and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Applicants, Debt (Financial), Dental Students