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Needs-Based Student Financial Aid Reports
Needs-based financial
aid for higher education
in Alabama is available
from both state and
federal sources. In
Alabama, the state level
needs-based student
financial aid program is
called the Alabama
Student Assistance
Program (ASAP). ASAP is
funded by both the state
and the federal
Leveraging Educational
Assistance Partnership
(LEAP) Program formerly
known as the State
Student Incentive Grant
(SSIG) Program, which
provides funds to the
State to help assist
those students who
demonstrate substantial
financial need. ASAP is
the State’s only
need-based student aid
program for residents
attending postsecondary
education institutions
in Alabama.
Another source of
federal student aid is
the Pell Grant program.
Pell Grants are awarded
usually only to
undergraduate students
who have not earned a
bachelor's or a
professional degree. (In
some cases, however, a
student enrolled in a
post-baccalaureate
teacher certification
program might be
eligible to receive a
Pell Grant.) Pell Grants
are considered a
foundation of federal
financial aid, to which
aid from other federal
and nonfederal sources
might be added. The
maximum can change each
award year and depends
on program funding. The
amount received depends
not only on an
individual’s financial
need, but also on the
cost to attend school, a
student’s status as a
full-time or part-time
student, and whether
they are attending
school for a full
academic year or less.
A comparison of the
total amount of Pell
Grants awarded to
students at institutions
of higher education
compared to the number
of students receiving
financial aid through
the Alabama Student
Assistance Program
(ASAP) can be found in
the following table.
The amount of
needs-based financial
aid awarded to students
through the Alabama
Student Assistance
Program (ASAP)
disaggregated by
institution and by the
number of students
receiving ASAP funds can
be found on the
following tables.
A comparison of state
needs-based financial
aid provided in Alabama
with regional and
national financial aid
data for FY 2009-2010 is
available at the
following website. See
Table 21 for the
Distribution of Federal
Grant Recipients by
State and Control of
Institutions. Note:
Alabama numbers include
out-of-state students
who attend Alabama
institutions.
http://www2.ed.gov/finaid/prof/resources/data/pell-2009-10/pell-eoy-2009-10.html
For
comparison purposes
links for the FY
2007-2008 and 2008-2009
can also be found
below.
http://www2.ed.gov/finaid/prof/resources/data/pell-2008-09/pell-eoy-2008-09.html
http://www2.ed.gov/finaid/prof/resources/data/pell-2007-08/pell-eoy-2007-08.html |
