College financial aid applications down 16% this school year
Fewer high school seniors this year have submitted the standard college financial aid form, largely due to the uncertainty of higher education in the COVID era, experts say.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, applications this year have declined in Connecticut by 16.6%, according to federal data through Nov. 27.
Just over 13,100 students in the state have completed applications, or about 31% of the 2021 graduating class. Nationally, 23% of seniors have completed FAFSA applications, according to an analysis by Bill DeBaun, director of data and evaluation at the National College Attainment Network.
At this point last year, Connecticut residents had submitted 15,726 FAFSA applications, representing just over half of all FAFSA applications completed in the previous cycle, according to a CT Mirror analysis of data provided by the National College Attainment Network. Just over 70% of the graduating class last
Published December 11. 2020 2:19PM | Updated December 11. 2020 7:56PM
By ADRIA WATSON and KASTURI PANANJADY, The Connecticut Mirror
Fewer high school seniors this year have submitted the standard college financial aid form, largely due to the uncertainty of higher education in the COVID-19 era, experts say.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, applications this year have declined in Connecticut by 16.6%, according to federal data through Nov. 27.
Just over 13,100 students in the state have completed applications, or about 31% of the 2021 graduating class. Nationally, 23% of seniors have completed FAFSA applications, according to an analysis by Bill DeBaun, director of data and evaluation at the National College Attainment Network.
A new national survey finds that college enrollment among this spring's high school graduates has declined 22% since 2019, as students show lagging interest in higher education during the coronavirus pandemic.
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HERNDON, Va., Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released today the eighth annual High School Benchmarks report that shows far fewer high school graduates went to college immediately after high school this fall, declining by 21.7 percent compared to 2019 graduates.
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High School Benchmarks 2020 - National College Progression Rates updates the key indicators of high school to college transition, persistence, and completion outcomes for high school graduates of 2019 and earlier. In addition, this year s report features a first look at the effect of COVID-19 on the immediate college enrollment patterns of the high school graduating cla