FAFSA completion is down 11.6% after flawed form rollout

FAFSA completion is down 11.6% after flawed form rollout - Chalkbeat

The number of students who completed the form dropped 11.6% compared to last year, according to data from the National College Attainment Network.

Data shows double-digit decline in student aid applications this year

Nationwide, there was an 11.6% decline in the number of students who filled out the revised Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) ...

Larry O. Dean on X: "FAFSA completion is down 11.6% after flawed ...

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The FAFSA Rollout Mess Hurt Low-Income Students the Most

Just how bad has the FAFSA rollout been? FAFSA completion numbers for the high school graduating class of 2024 are down nearly 11% compared with ...

GAO Reports on Botched FAFSA Rollout Reveal New Failures ...

For those who submitted a paper FAFSA, FSA did not confirm receipt of forms. · ED mistakenly did not allow an applicant whose parent did not have ...

FAFSA meltdown hit students that needed financial aid the most

The Education Department says more than 10 million FAFSA forms have been submitted to date, and the agency is processing them in one to three ...

Plunge in FAFSA completion could spark an enrollment crisis

The number of students who filled out the federal aid form is down nearly 30 percent. The ramifications for access and enrollment could be ...

How the New FAFSA Created a Crisis

When the June 30, 2024, deadline to fill out the FAFSA passed, the damage was clear: Completion of the form among high-school seniors was down 11.6 percent from ...

FAFSA Fallout: Application Dropoff Threatening to Widen College ...

The U.S. Department of Education's three-month delay in launching the new FAFSA form and the subsequent lack of continuous access, ...

How the new FAFSA made chaos of the college financial aid process

All applicants born in the year 2000 were initially and mysteriously blocked from completing the form, a problem that took 69 days to fix. · Some ...

Rebeka Mazzone, CPA, CGMA on LinkedIn: Flawed FAFSA rollout ...

Staggering to think that only 46% of high school seniors completed the FAFSA which implies an intent to go to college. 11.6% less than last year.

What We Can Learn from the Flawed FAFSA Rollout

Completion rates have improved since the Education Department ... down individual students who had not filed their FAFSA forms. “I ...

Every Issue With the 2024-25 FAFSA Rollout: Updates

ED added that it would need to reprocess all of the incorrect forms, thus leading to more processing delays. “At this stage in the game and ...

New FAFSA Rollout -- Disgusting Incompetence!

The crazy thing is that the new form IS much shorter than the old one and does take considerably less time to complete. I'd say less than 30 minutes for most.

FAFSA rollout means fewer students will enroll in college next year

Only 36% of seniors in the class of 2024 have completed a FAFSA, down 24% from last year. Recent weeks have seen dramatic improvements in FAFSA ...

Data shows completed FAFSA applications are down after rollout

According to NCAN data, completed FAFSA applications are down by 9% in Colorado. It was previously down by 11% but new data from the current ...

Botched FAFSA Rollout Leaves Uncertainty for Students Seeking ...

Numerous delays and tech issues plagued the rollout of a new federal financial aid application that was meant to simplify the process for students.

FAFSA Issue Alerts | Knowledge Center - FSA Partner Connect

FAFSA Corrections · ASSETS ARE INCORRECTLY REMOVED WHEN COMPLETING A CORRECTION (Updated April 19, 2024; Workaround) · STUDENTS CANNOT ACCESS THEIR FAFSA ...

FAFSA 'Crisis' Continues With Delayed Financial Aid Letters, Fewer ...

FAFSA completion rates are down by 40%. The FAFSA redesign has been a ... Usually, colleges get information on a rolling basis as students ...

How creating the new FAFSA unraveled - Washington Post

The financial aid form debuted in December 2023, more than a year later than promised. It contains technical errors that make it impossible for some families ...