ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Summary of FAFSA Processing Statistics

January 1, 2005 — June 30, 2006
(Year End Report)

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

As of June 30, 2006:

 Over 13.8 million students had submitted the FAFSA for academic year 2005/2006.

 Eighty-nine percent (over 12.3 million students) of the filers submitted the FAFSA
electronically. The share of students who submitted the electronic FAFSA in 2005
increased by 11.9 percent.

 The percentage of students filing the paper FAFSA decreased from approximately 2.5
million to 1.5 million, a nearly 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 694,038 705,099 -1.57%

FAFSA on the Original 5,657,274 5,299,382 6.75%

Web Renewal 5,646,416 4,788,397 17.92%

EZ Original 178,666 120,402 48.39%

Renewal 149,402 100,316 48.93%

Total Electronic 12,325,796 11,013,596 11.91%

Paper Original 1,511,882 1,819,602 -16.91%

Renewal 9,658 701,821 -98.62%
Total Paper 1,521,540 2,521,423 -39.66%

Total 13,847,336 13,535,019 2.31%

Source: US Department of Education, Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA).
Note: “Electronic Other” refers to systems specific to individual institutions. “EZ” is a specific software package
used at a small number of schools.
The 2005/06 FAFSA Processing Cycle is an 18-month cycle from January 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006.