October 7, 2008

Many Community-College Students Miss Out on Aid—Because They Don’t Apply

By Beckie Supiano

Community colleges serve a large proportion of low-income students each year, but nearly 40 percent of their full-time students don’t even fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

Many of even the poorest students—those with family incomes of $0 to $9,999—do not apply for federal aid. For example, 29 percent of dependent students in that income range do not apply.

Students offer a number of reasons for not making that effort, according to a

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