ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Summary of FAFSA Processing Statistics

January 1, 2005 — December 31, 2005

The following is a summary of FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) processing
statistics for the electronic and paper FAFSA.

As of December 31, 2005:

 Over 12.7 million students had submitted the FAFSA.

 Eighty-nine percent (over 11.2 million students) of the filers submitted the FAFSA
electronically. The share of students who submitted the electronic FAFSA in 2005
increased by 12.7 percent.

 The percentage of students filing the paper FAFSA decreased from approximately 2.4
million to 1.4 million, a 40 percent decrease from 2005.

Application Application Processed Year Previous Year Percent

Cycle
Source Type to Date to Date change
Electronic
2005/2006 Other Original 532,230 544,132 -2.19%

FAFSA on the
Web Original 4,954,761 4,602,782 7.65%
Renewal 5,508,853 4,665,301 18.08%

EZ Original 144,445 102,750 40.58%

Renewal 144,262 97,547 47.89%

Total Electronic 11,284,551 10,012,512 12.70%

Paper Original 1,436,429 1,719,727 -16.47%

Renewal 9,643 700,689 -98.62%
Total Paper 1,446,072 2,420,416 -40.26%

Total 12,730,623 12,432,928 2.39%

Source: US Department of Education, Office of Federal Student Aid.
Note: “Electronic Other” refers to systems specific to individual institutions. “EZ” is a specific software package
used at a small number of schools.