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…expanding access and increasing success in postsecondary education for Arizonans
Fact Sheet
Maximize student Financial assistance available to students and families
- Administer more than 4,100 state/federal grants representing more than $ 4.1M annually for students attending Arizona public and private universities. More than 3,700 grants help low-income students
- Hold in trust more than $937M in assets, representing more than 73,000 accounts in the Arizona Family College Savings (529) Program; oversee three trusted and experienced financial institutions
- Administer the Arizona Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (AzLEAP), College Access Challenge Last Stretch Scholarship and the Math, Science, and Special Education Teacher Loan Forgiveness (MSSE) student financial aid programs
- Operate the secure AZ Grants State Student Financial Aid web portal providing access to state student aid grants, scholarships, forgivable loan programs and loan repayments
- Manage student loan repayments for the PEG, PFAP and MSSE forgivable loan programs
Provide a forum where all sectors of postsecondary education come together
- Identify common problems and opportunities that cross sectors of postsecondary education through a Commission comprised of senior executives from private and public education
- Provide collaboration/partnership opportunities, such as the Developing Arizona’s Human Capital conference where educators, policy makers, and business leaders come together to focus on higher education issues
- Sponsor the AMEPAC research center producing policy studies such as To Learn and Earn
Help student and families plan, enter, and succeed in postsecondary education
- Host websites receiving over 153,000 visits annually that provide current and relevant information on college-going and financial assistance
- Oversee the Arizona College Access Network (AzCAN) with goals of increasing the capacity of organizations, establishing expected standards of performance and promoting effective evaluation
- Coordinate the annual statewide College Goal Sunday Financial Literacy Initiative which over the past 18 years has assisted more than 44,000 students and parents complete the FAFSA
- Offer students and parents publications such as Rapid Guide to Financial Aid and the Arizona College and Career Guide
- Sponsor “Pathways to Postsecondary Education Awards” to encourage best practices in college access
- Raise $190,000-$250,000 in donations, sales, and grants to fund college-going programs and publications annually
