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Early impacts of the FAFSA requirement in Texas

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  • Kim, Sie Won

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In 2021−22, Texas implemented a policy requiring all public high school seniors to complete a financial aid application. This paper examines the early impacts of this requirement on Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion rates and college enrollment using a difference-in-differences model. First, using a sample of high schools in Texas, I find that the FAFSA requirement increases FAFSA completion rates in public schools by 6.3 percentage points relative to private schools. Second, using a multi-valued discrete treatment, I find positive effects on FAFSA completion rates across all treated schools, ranging from 3.1 to 7 percentage points. Furthermore, this increase in FAFSA completion rates is associated with an increase in college enrollment for schools with lower pre-treatment FAFSA completion rates.

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  • Kim, Sie Won, 2025. "Early impacts of the FAFSA requirement in Texas," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoedu:v:104:y:2025:i:c:s0272775724001122
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2024.102618
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    Keywords

    Financial aid; FAFSA; Higher education;
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    JEL classification:

    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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