{"id":1154,"date":"2017-07-13T11:05:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2017-07-13T11:05:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:05:29","slug":"fafsa-update-more-students-file-for-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/07\/13\/fafsa-update-more-students-file-for-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"FAFSA Update: More Students File for Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will the FAFSA\u2019s earlier filing date result in increased access to higher education?<\/p>\n

New federal data is promising.<\/p>\n

After a four-year decline, FAFSA completions are up for the high school class of 2017, the first cohort of students who were able to file for aid starting on Oct. 1 \u2014 a full three months earlier than previously allowed.<\/p>\n

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As of June 30, the FAFSA completion rate for the high school class of 2017 was 61 percent, an increase of 5 percentage points over the previous year.<\/p>\n

The total number of FAFSAs filed (a figure that includes those completed by returning college students) is up 6 percentage points.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the strong economy, the growth in FAFSA filing is a strong sign that individuals are turning to higher education and financial aid to pursue their goals,\u201d Carrie Warick, NCAN\u2019s director of policy and advocacy, wrote in a recent blog post<\/a>. \u201c\u2026A high school student who completes the FAFSA is 63 percent more likely to attend a college, and doing so before graduation means the student is more likely to have support from a college access advisor or school counselor and to be thoughtful about where to apply to college.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full post<\/a> and check out NACAC\u2019s FAFSA resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will the FAFSA\u2019s earlier filing date result in increased access to higher education? New federal data is promising. After a four-year decline, FAFSA completions are up for the high school class of 2017, the first cohort of students who were able to file for aid starting on Oct. 1 \u2014 a full three months earlier … Continue reading FAFSA Update: More Students File for Aid<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,24],"tags":[35,344,343,269],"class_list":["post-1154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-financial-aid","category-paying-for-college","tag-2017-18-fafsa","tag-carrie-warick","tag-early-fafsa","tag-ncan"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-iC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}