Georgia Student Finance Commission
Annual Report
2015
Message from the President
The Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. As postsecondary
as it is for the individual. GSFC has been a proud partner in this great endeavor over the past 50 years and we look
FY 2015. GSFC provided more than $640 million in scholarships, grants and loans to 225,000 Georgians to help pay for
Move On When Ready (MOWR), Georgia's new dual enrollment program, was implemented for the 2015-2016
Eighteen new school districts (41 total districts) enrolled in REACH Georgia for the 2015-2016 school year. More Georgia's Path2College 529 Plan opened more than 13,885 accounts in FY 2015 and saw assets under
GSFC's K-12 and postsecondary outreach teams conducted 3,700 events/visits at middle schools, high schools,
GAcollege411.org 173,000 transcripts were requested. The they graduate.
(MSEE) program was implemented to recruit minority
Tricia P. Chastain
Fiscal Year 2015 How GSFC Helps Students Pay for College
HOPE Scholarships, Zell Miller Scholarships, HOPE GED and HOPE Grants $573,361,515
$17,877,608
Student Access Loans $33,175,275
Accel Program $18,502,577
GSFC Use of Funds for Fiscal Year 2015:
$648,920,356
Military Programs* $4,666,188
Other Programs** $1,337,193
* Millitary Programs include: Georgia Military College Scholarship, HERO Scholarship, University of North Georgia ROTC Grant and University of North Georgia Military Scholarship. * Memorial Grant.
HOPE Program
2014-2015 in Detail
Program
HOPE Scholarship Public Colleges* Private Colleges
HOPE Grant Zell Miller Grant Strategic Industries Workforce Development Grant Zell Miller Scholarship
Public Colleges* Private Colleges 2014-2015 Totals**
Students
84,660 10,919 67,077 14,569 13,703
Awards (in millions)
$329.5 $36.1 $54.9 $17.7 $8.9
15,766 1,793
186,444
$119.3 $7.3
$573.7
Services & Programs Services
Financial Literacy GAcollege411.org
Programs
Georgia Military College State Service Scholarship HERO Scholarship HOPE Grant HOPE GED Grant HOPE Scholarship Move On When Ready Public Safety Memorial Grant REACH Scholarship Scholarship for Engineering
K-12 and Postsecondary Outreach Loan Servicing
Strategic Industries Workforce Development Grant Student Access Loan
University of North Georgia Military Scholarship University of North Georgia ROTC Grant University of North Georgia ROTC Grant
Zell Miller Grant Zell Miller Scholarship
Board of Commissioners
Anna Chafin
First Congressional District
F. Faison Middleton, IV
Second Congressional District
Linda McWhorter
Third Congressional District
Thomas E. Bowen
Fourth Congressional District
Laura Morgan
Fifth Congressional District
John Coleman
Sixth Congressional District
Lee Tucker
Seventh Congressional District
Dr. Sarah Beck Hawthorne
Eighth Congressional District
Dr. Patricia A. Burd
Ninth Congressional District
A. Middleton Ramsey
Tenth Congressional District
Donald D. Howard
Eleventh Congressional District
Roy Kilpatrick
Twelfth Congressional District
Joy Lampley-Fortson
Thirteenth Congressional District
David Austin
Fourteenth Congressional District
Tricia P. Chastain
President & Ex Officio Board Member
2015 GSFC. All Rights Reserved.
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