Title: Shocking: Why Aren’t Students Applying for Financial Aid?
Headings: Shocking Statistics: Why Aren’t Students Applying for Financial Aid?
Shocking Statistics: Why Aren’t Students Applying for Financial Aid?
The Shocking Stats
“More than half of non-applicants say they ‘don’t know anything about financial aid’.”
Lack of Awareness
The FAFSA
Scholarships and Grants
Work-Study
Raising Awareness About Applying for Financial Aid

Content: Within their post, they reference other findings and statistics about higher education and financial aid. The Department of Education found that only 45% of high school students completed and filed the FAFSA. Less than half of graduating high school students are applying for federal financial aid. Yikes. In 2011-12, 20% of college students did not apply for any sort of financial aid. Of that demographic, 44% of them reported that they thought they were ineligible for aid. With these facts in mind, NCAN launched a study of their own to explore the reasons why students and families weren’t taking advantage of financial aid opportunities that can make college more affordable. They surveyed 150 low-income students who were college-bound or college-hopeful, half of whom had not applied for aid. Through their study, NCAN made a shocking and somewhat off-putting discovery: “More than half of non-applicants say they ‘don’t know anything about financial aid’.”