School Fact Sheets

To allow readers to quickly learn about key aspects of Texas schools and to facilitate quick comparisons of institutions.

Key features: HTML and PDF versions are available on TG Online; searchable criteria to select schools; updated annually but with monthly updates of lender volume; detailed data descriptions, including overviews by categories of schools (including university system, school sector, and Texas region); as well as copies from prior years.

Types of statistics: Student outcomes, enrollment, college costs, loan volume, lender volume at school, cohort default rates, legislative representation, student aid by source, and median borrower indebtedness.

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State of Student Aid and Higher Education in Texas (SOSA)   
(Full Document — Adobe PDF,
Updated March 2007)

Section 1: Texas Demographics

---- Entire Section Population in Texas to 2040 Ethnicity in Texas to 2040 Ethnicity in Texas by Region Median Income in Texas and the U.S. Health Insurance Coverage in Texas and the U.S. Poverty Rate in Texas and the U.S. Poverty Rate by Texas Region and Ethnicity Child Poverty Rate in Texas Child Poverty Rate by Texas Region Age and Ethnicity in Texas to 2040

Section 2: Texas College Readiness

---- Entire Section High School Curriculum and College Success in the U.S. High School Completion Rates in Texas and the U.S. High School Promotion Rates in Texas Percent of Texas High School Graduates Enrolling in College College Remediation in Texas Family Income and Educational Expectations in the U.S. College Preparedness of Texas High School Students

Section 3: Profile of Texas College Students

---- Entire Section Undergraduates in Texas by School Sector and Grade Level Undergraduates in Texas and the U.S. by Attendance Intensity Undergraduates in Texas and the U.S. by Dependency Status Undergraduates in Texas by Income Aid Recipients in Texas by Income Undergraduates in Texas by Income and School Sector Transfer Rates in Texas "First-generation" Undergraduates in Texas and the U.S. Undergraduates in Texas and the U.S. by Age Undergraduates in Texas and the U.S. by Housing Status

Section 4: Cost of Education and Source of Aid in Texas

---- Entire Section Cost of Educating a Student in the U.S. Four-year Public University Costs in Texas and the U.S. Two-year Public College Costs in Texas and the U.S. Four-year Private University Costs in Texas and the U.S. Increase in College Costs in Texas and the U.S. Food and Housing Costs in Texas by Type of Student Non-traditional Student Expenses in Texas Financial Aid by Source in Texas and the U.S. Financial Aid by Type in Texas and the U.S.

Section 5: Grant Aid and Net Price in Texas

---- Entire Section Median Grant Aid in Texas and the U.S. by Source Median Grant Aid in Texas by Income Median Grant Aid in Texas by School Sector Total Grant Aid in Texas by Type, Overview Total Grant Aid in Texas by Type, Detail Grant Aid in Texas by Ethnicity Value of the Federal Pell Grant in Texas and the U.S. Total State Grant Aid in Texas and the U.S. TEXAS Grant Allocations Needed to Cover Eligible Students to 2010 Median Net Price of Attendance in Texas by Income Median Net Price of Attendance in Texas by School Sector

Section 6: Loans, Unmet Need, and Work

---- Entire Section Median Loan Aid in Texas and the U.S. by Source Median Loan Aid in Texas by Income Median Loan Aid and Grant Aid in Texas by Income Median Loan Aid in Texas by School Sector Median Unmet Need in Texas by Income Median Unmet Need in Texas by School Sector Hours Worked by Undergraduates in Texas and the U.S. School Choice and Attendance Intensity in Texas by Hours Worked School Persistence in the U.S. by Hours Worked Degree Completion in the U.S. by Hours Worked Hours of Minimum Wage Work Needed to Pay for College

Section 7: Texas College Attainment

---- Entire Section Earnings and Unemployment in the U.S. by Educational Attainment Worklife Earnings in the U.S. by Educational Attainment Health, Dependency, and Civic Engagement in the U.S. by Ed. Attain. College Completion Rates in Texas and the U.S. College Completion Rates by Texas Region College Graduation Rates in Texas by Ethnicity and Gender Progress Toward Texas "Closing the Gaps" Targets

Section 8: State Loans

---- Entire Section HHL-CAL Volume in Texas HHL-CAL Volume by School Sector HHL-CAL Volume by Texas Region HHL-CAL Volume by HBCU and HSI Schools HHL-CAL Volume by Ethnicity HHL-Stafford Volume in Texas HHL-Stafford Volume by School Sector HHL-Stafford Volume by Texas Region HHL-Stafford Volume by HBCU and HSI Schools HHL-Stafford Volume by Grade Level B-On-Time Loan Volume in Texas by School Sector B-On-Time Loan Volume by Texas Region B-On-Time Loan Volume by Ethnicity B-On-Time Loan Volume by HBCU and HSI Schools

Section 9: TG

---- Entire Section TG Volume by Loan Type TG Borrower Count TG Participating Schools and Lenders TG Top Schools Volume TG Top Schools Volume by Texas Region TG Volume by Texas Region and School Sector TG Volume by Texas Region TG Volume by HBCU and HSI Schools TG Top Lenders Volume TG Top Lenders Volume by Texas Region TG Top Loan Holders TG Top Loan Holders by Texas Region TG Top Servicers TG Top Servicers by Texas Region

Section 10: Student Debt in Texas

---- Entire Section TG Median Borrower Indebtedness TG Median Borrower Indebtedness by School Sector TG Median Borrower Indebtedness by Enrollment Status TG Median Borrower Indebtedness by Texas Region Loan Participation by Type in Texas and the U.S. Loan Participation by Ethnicity and Type in Texas

Section 11: Defaults and Collections

---- Entire Section TG Default Rate U.S. Default Rate TG Default Rate by School Sector TG Default Rate by School Sector and Enrollment Status TG Default Claims Paid TG Default Claims by Grade Level Cumulative Status of TG Default Claims TG Collection Recovery Rate TG Collection Amounts

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Legislative Fact Sheets

To provide useful data about schools and borrowers within state and congressional legislative districts to facilitate effective communication between schools, lenders, and other financial aid professionals and their representatives.

Key features: PDF versions of each Texas House, Texas Senate and Texas Congressional district are available online.

Types of statistics: For borrowers attending schools in the legislative district, detailed loan, grant, unmet need, cost, indebtedness, and federal/state aid information is available; for borrowers from the district, loan volume information outlined by program type is available.

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TG Integrated Default Assistant (IDA™)

To allow schools and lenders to more effectively target their default aversion resources by operating proactively and with intelligence to keep borrowers in repayment.

Key features: Ability to set criteria for identifying at-risk borrowers based on claim status and the number of days delinquent; use letter-writing functionality for schools; forecast future default rates; track delinquencies by month to determine peak and low seasons; select reports that will show lender and servicer default rates for your institution; track cohort default rates week by week.

Types of statistics: Lender and servicer cohort default rates; school default rate; default rates broken out by enrollment status and highest grade level attained; median borrower indebtedness; forecasts of future default rate; and delinquencies by month.

Users must have an AdvanTG Web™ account to use IDA. For more information, contact TG at (800) 332-1455 or send an e-mail message to product.support@tgslc.org.

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AdvanTG Web™ Reports

To provide important information about the applications, loans, change transactions, and disbursements the customer can create and manage. These reports provide a way of updating paper files, tracking changes to data, relaying information to students or other institutions, and exporting data into other systems or desktop applications.

Key features: Flexible query systems allow you to set the parameters on the reports that you need. Many reports offer the output in a variety of formats. Data is updated daily or weekly.

Types of statistics: Application status, disbursement rosters, advance debit notification, payment detail, loan disbursement summaries, scheduled disbursements, application transmission log, import results, change transaction response summary, change transaction transmission log, and loan response report.

Users must have an AdvanTG Web account to use these reports. For more information, contact TG at (800) 332-1455 or send an e-mail message to product.support@tgslc.org.

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