A few Colorado schools expect reduced enrollment this fall due to the mess surrounding the Free Application for Financial Aid, known as FAFSA.
Travis Michael, center, and his mother Erica Michael, left, get help retrieving login information from Assistant Director of College Access Diana Madriz, right, Thursday, April 25, 2024 at the Denver Scholarship Foundation office. Nearly 27% fewer aspiring Colorado college students have submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid application this year compared to 2023 due to notorious delays and system glitches.
About 11% fewer Colorado students have submitted their FAFSA as had at this time last year. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid uses the online form to determine how much financial aid students qualify for based on their family’s income., about 36% of Colorado’s 2024 high school class as of late June had submitted a FAFSA. That’s below the national FAFSA submission rate of about 45%.
Similarly, Fort Lewis College budgeted for a 3.5% enrollment decline this fall in light of the FAFSA debacle, officials at the Durango school said. “It was definitely frustrating,” Calderon said after the Denver Scholarship Foundation helped her sort out the glitches one April afternoon at the height of the FAFSA snafu. “I was wanting to cry at certain times.”provides financial assistance, helps students apply to college and supports them once they’re enrolled.
Garfield said while many of the issues that tripped up students a few months ago have been resolved, problems with the FAFSA persist for students whose parents are undocumented. However, students are still catching up on FAFSA completion. Around 31,670 FAFSA records had been submitted to MSU Denver as of mid-June, the most recent available data. In 2023, that number was 10% higher at 31,671.
Meanwhile, the University of Colorado Boulder touted in the spring a record-breaking 68,000 applications for the fall of 2024 — about a 20% increase from the previous year, “We’ve even gamified it,” Tandberg said. “If you complete this many steps of the FAFSA, you’re registered to win a Nintendo Switch. We’re doing everything we can do.”
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