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November 12, 2020

Katie Corder

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ One of Top Three Universities with Received Applications on Free App Day

The University of Northern ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ received 5,837 applications on the third annual ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Free Application Day on Oct. 13, an increase compared to last year’s Free App Day, resulting in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ being one of the top three universities in receiving applications that day.

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ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Free Application Day encourages high school seniors to apply to a college or university and file their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ joined all 32 public universities and several private colleges in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ in waiving application fees as part of the Oct. 13 event.

Of those who applied to ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ during this year’s Free App Day: 30% identified as Hispanic, 41% identified as first generation and 67% identified as female and 33% as male.

On this year’s Free App Day, the top 10 ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ counties that applicants applied from were (in order from most to least):

  1. Arapahoe
  2. Adams
  3. El Paso
  4. Douglas
  5. Weld
  6. Jefferson
  7. Denver
  8. Larimer
  9. Boulder
  10. Pueblo

The top 10 high schools that applicants applied from were (in order from most to least):

  1. Mountain Vista
  2. Horizon
  3. Cherokee Trail
  4. Greeley West
  5. Chaparral
  6. Legacy
  7. Rangeview
  8. Cherry Creek
  9. Rampart
  10. Legend

Overall, this year’s Free App Day resulted in 11,000 more applications submitted by ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ prospective students compared to last year’s event.

According to the , the statewide push is designed to increase ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½’s stagnant college-going and FAFSA completion rates. Despite being one of the most educated states in the country, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ sends just 56% of high school graduates to a college, university or certificate program and just 50% of students submit a FAFSA application — a key indicator of students’ likelihood to continue their education, according to the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Department of Higher Education.

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ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is also conducting its own Free Application Days by waiving all application fees for undergraduate applications anywhere in the country; the first Free App Day at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is Dec. 1.

Learn More about ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½’s Free App Day

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