Publication Date: May 9, 2001
Author: General Manager: SFA Student Channel
Summary: 2001-2002 Application Processing Statistics – May 6, 2001
Posted on May 9, 2001
TO: Financial Aid Administrators
FROM: Jennifer Douglas
Student Channel, SFA
SUBJECT: 2001-2002 Application Processing Statistics -- May 6, 2001
In the following table you will find a comparison of FAFSA processing for the 2001-02 and 2000-01 processing cycles, which have been adjusted in order to allow for the difference in start up times.
In addition to the 1,799,754 applications that have been submitted electronically, there are approximately 110,000 FAFSA on the Web, Renewal FAFSA on the Web, and FAFSA Express applications on the hold file, waiting for signatures to be submitted by students.
Comparison of Application Processing | |||||||
Data for 2000-01 as of May 7, 2000 - Week 17 | |||||||
Data for 2001-02 as of May 6, 2001 - Week 18* | |||||||
Application Source | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | Percent | ||||
Week 17 | Week 18 | Change | |||||
Electronic | 1,214,974 | 1,799,754 | 48% | ||||
Percentage | 24% | 35% | |||||
Elec Original | 228,053 | 238,528 | 5% | ||||
Elec Renewal | 50,728 | 44,469 | -12% | ||||
FAFSA Express | 49,325 | 39,314 | -20% | ||||
FAFSA Web | 515,688 | 673,697 | 31% | ||||
Renewal Web | 371,180 | 803,746 | 117% | ||||
Paper | 3,794,655 | 3,330,092 | -12% | ||||
Percentage | 76% | 65% | |||||
Original | 1,771,368 | 1,581,794 | -11% | ||||
Renewal | 2,023,287 | 1,748,298 | -14% | ||||
TOTAL | 5,009,629 | 5,129,846 | 2% | ||||
* May 6, 2001 is the 18th week of processing for 2001-02 because the system started up on | |||||||
January 2, 2001, over one week earlier than the prior year. | |||||||