The Postsecondary State-Funded Student Aid Award Recipients report combines data from CEPI’s STARR and MSDS collections, MI Student Aid in MiLEAP*, and the National Student Clearinghouse to show the number of college enrollments statewide and the number and percentage of students receiving Michigan-funded awards. Data are broken down by recipient demographics and award type.
The report is updated yearly in the spring. See the Recently Posted Reports page for when the report was last updated.
Historical Changes
- Since the Michigan Achievement Scholarship was in its first year of administration during academic year 2023-24, it will be included in this report when 2023-24 data is added.
*Disclaimers
- Financial award data for this report comes from MI Student Aid within the Office of Higher Education in the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP).
- MiLEAP is not affiliated with National Merit Scholarship Corporation, National Achievement®, Achievement Scholarship® or Achievement Scholar®.
- This report is not intended for reporting requirements. MI Student Aid, within the Office of Higher Education, fulfils its reporting requirements by publishing the Annual Report on its website. To access MI Student Aid Annual Reports or current academic year data for specific State-funded student aid programs, visit the MI Student Aid web page.
Differences Between MI Student Aid Annual Report and Postsecondary State-Funded Student Aid Award Recipients Report
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MI Student Aid Annual Report: |
Postsecondary State-Funded Student Aid Award Recipients Report: |
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Reports number of awards by program. The total number of awards for all programs includes duplicates of students who may have received multiple awards. |
Reports total number of students awarded and does not include duplicate student counts. |
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Includes all students who were awarded any aid programs, regardless of whether the student has a UIC on file. Students may not have a UIC on file if they are continuously attending private or proprietary schools and institutions that are not required to report during CEPI’s STARR and MSDS collections. |
Only includes students who also had a UIC matched to their aid award record. |
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Includes students awarded at all institutions, even some smaller private institutions that are not currently required to report to CEPI. |
Only includes students from an institution if a UIC match was found. |
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Considers an academic year from Sept. 1 to Aug. 31 of the following calendar year. Some institutions may have a different date parameter and definition of academic year. |
In STARR, colleges and universities report all students enrolled in courses between July 1 and June 30, which CEPI uses as the reporting year. |
Use the School Year drop-down to select a school year and the High School Location or Postsecondary Location options to select a location. Data can also be filtered by categories such as award type, race/ethnicity, age and gender.
Data view options include:
- Award Type: Trend graph that displays dollar amount or enrollment for each award type for the current year and the prior five school years.
- Students by Financial Award Type: Displays percent or count of students for each award type for the year selected.
- Financial Award Recipients: Displays a trend view count and a current breakdown of award recipients by race/ethnicity, age or gender.
See the MI School Data Quick Start Guide for the basics of navigating the site and customizing a report.
Location Options
- High School Location by ISD, District, School, County, Michigan House District, Michigan Senate District, and U.S. Congressional District.
- Postsecondary Location by Postsecondary Type or College/University Name.
Postsecondary enrollment data come from CEPI’s STARR collection and are supplemented with national data from the National Student Clearinghouse. NSC data do not include student demographics. If a student’s postsecondary enrollment record matches NSC data but not STARR, CEPI uses demographic information from high school graduation data reported in CEPI’s MSDS. If there is no STARR or MSDS demographics data for a student, the student is counted as “Unreported.” For more information on STARR or MSDS and reporting rules, please see the STARR Data Collection Manual and/or the MSDS Collection Details Manual.
Financial award data for this report comes from MI Student Aid within the Office of Higher Education in the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP).
Clarity on data points included in this dashboard:
- County, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, and US Congressional District filters are based on the location of the high school from which a Michigan student graduated.
- Total number of college enrollments statewide includes both undergraduate and graduate students.
- Total number of students with financial awards only includes students with State-funded scholarships.
If you have questions not addressed here or in the linked resources, please contact CEPI customer support at cepi@michigan.gov.
Disclosure Avoidance
To protect the privacy of individual students, CEPI uses data suppression rules whenever report settings would yield fewer than 10 students in a given group.
Report Labels
See the Glossary for additional terms and acronyms used on MI School Data.
