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**Summary of FAFSA Processing Statistics**

**January 1, 2006---July 6, 2006**

**(6-month report)**

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

As of July 2, 2006:

-   Over **nine million** students have submitted the FAFSA for academic
    year 2006/07.

-   **Ninety-four percent** (over 8.5 million students) of the filers
    submitted the FAFSA electronically. The share of students who
    submitted the electronic FAFSA **increased by nine percent** from
    this time in 2005.

-   The percentage of students filing the paper FAFSA decreased from
    slightly more than **one million to 534,000, a 51 percent decrease**
    from this time in 2005.

+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| **Cycle**  | **Appli  | **App    | **        | *         | *        |
|            | cation** | lication | Processed | *Previous | *Percent |
|            |          | Type**   | Year to   | Year to   | change** |
|            | **       |          | Date**    | Date**    |          |
|            | Source** |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| 2006/2007  | El       | Original | 232,727   | 251,717   | -7.54%   |
|            | ectronic |          |           |           |          |
|            | Other    |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            |          |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            | FAFSA on | Original | 3,207,709 | 3,026,006 | 6.00%    |
|            | the      |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            | Web      | Renewal  | 4,816,580 | 4,402,768 | 9.40%    |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            |          |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            | EZ       | Original | 118,409   | 68,629    | 72.53%   |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            |          | Renewal  | 182,973   | 105,954   | 72.69%   |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| **Total    |          |          | **8,      | **7,      | *        |
| El         |          |          | 558,398** | 855,074** | *8.95%** |
| ectronic** |          |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            |          |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            | Paper    | Original | 534,661   | 1,080,949 | -50.54%  |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            |          | Renewal  | 0         | 9,104     | -100.00% |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| # T        |          |          | **        | **1,      | -50.96%  |
| otal Paper |          |          | 534,661** | 090,053** |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| **Total**  | ** **    | ** **    | **9,      | **8,      | *        |
|            |          |          | 093,009** | 945,127** | *1.65%** |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+

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 2006/07 FAFSA Processing Cycle is an 18-month cycle from January 1,
2006 -- June 30, 2007. Beginning in 2006/07, FSA discontinued paper
Renewal FAFSAs and the paper Renewal FAFSA request process. For more
information, see:
<http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/attachments/0607AppProcSysChangeGuide.pdf>.