While almost all low-income students are eligible to receive federal grant aid for college, only 45% of high school seniors complete the FAFSA by the time they graduate. NCAN conducted a survey of 150 low-income student high school graduates ages 17 to 20 who hoped to or had recently entered postsecondary education. More than half of non-applicants said they “don’t know anything about financial aid.”
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