Previously more than 100 questions long, FAFSA’s current crisis can be traced to 2020, when the FAFSA Simplification Act dropped the number of questions on the form to about 40.

College enrollment is up. The financial aid mess could bring it crashing down. The number of first-time filers has dropped 40 percent since the new FAFSA’s bungled rollout.

College enrollment is declining. Is the botched FAFSA rollout to blame? Collage of money, FAFSA forms, and a student looking at a hand with pencil filling out form.

Colleges have seen a recent uptick in enrollment, but a variety of factors — from changes in the employment market to this year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) mess — mean … ...

Enrollment of 18-year-old freshmen declined by 5 percent this fall compared with last year, according to new analysis from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). That drop ...

The federal financial aid calculators told her she would likely be eligible for $15,000 in loans, grants and work-study, but her FAFSA had not been processed before a May 1 deadline to commit to a ...

A 1993 Hastings College graduate who has worked for the College for 31 years, has been named Dean of Enrollment and Financial ...

Yet, problems with the federal aid form were still apparent: FAFSA applications were down by 5% for students who started at CUNY this school year, compared to nearly 9% nationwide, officials said.

However, requiring FAFSA completion as a graduation requirement will weaken its predictive power of college enrollment, making it harder to predict next year’s enrollment numbers from FAFSA ...

Even though enrollment deadlines are approaching, some colleges and universities say they will continue to work with admitted students who are unable to complete the FAFSA after June 1.

Summer semester enrollment was not impacted at APSU, since it relies on the 2023-24 FAFSA information. However, Robinson said it is too soon to tell how the delays will affect fall enrollment.

At the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, longtime financial aid director Marty Somero said despite the FAFSA challenges, UNC is well-positioned to meet enrollment goals for the fall.