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**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.

+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| **Cycle**  | **Appli  | **App    | **        | *         | *        |
|            | cation** | lication | Processed | *Previous | *Percent |
|            |          | Type**   | Year to   | Year to   | change** |
|            | **       |          | Date**    | Date**    |          |
|            | Source** |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| 2005/2006  | El       | Original | 532,230   | 544,132   | -2.19%   |
|            | ectronic |          |           |           |          |
|            | Other    |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            |          |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            | FAFSA on | Original | 4,954,761 | 4,602,782 | 7.65%    |
|            | the Web  |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            |          | 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    |          |          | **11,     | **10,     | **       |
| El         |          |          | 284,551** | 012,512** | 12.70%** |
| ectronic** |          |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            |          |          |           |           |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            | Paper    | Original | 1,436,429 | 1,719,727 | -16.47%  |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
|            |          | Renewal  | 9,643     | 700,689   | -98.62%  |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| # T        |          |          | **1,      | **2,      | -40.26%  |
| otal Paper |          |          | 446,072** | 420,416** |          |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| **Total**  | ** **    | ** **    | **12,     | **12,     | *        |
|            |          |          | 730,623** | 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.