Need Access Product Overview

By providing you with the most accurate and complete financial picture of your students, the Need Access all-in-one student application and school analysis software allows you, the school administrator, to award institutional financial aid quickly and equitably.

Built on a foundation of industry leading need analysis expertise and years of financial aid experience, Need Access is the clear choice for Schools and their Students, ensuring your institutional aid gets to the students who need it most.

Registration Process

Student Application Process

Need Analysis Process

Packaging & Awarding Process

Need Access Registration Process

• Customized Data Collection lets you decide exactly the information YOU need to compile complete financial profiles
• Online Data Collection Tools simplify your process and improve the efficiency of your institutional award process
• Flexible Application that allows you to collect and analyze data from diverse applicants to help you make the best-informed decisions, (e.g. graduate and undergraduate students, domestic, international and undocumented students, financially dependent and independent students as well as married, single, or divorced parents)
• A-la-Carte Services let you easily integrate Need Access with your current system so you decide how to best utilize it in your office
• Learn More about the customizable registration process

Student Application Process

• Students pay just a low, one-time flat fee for Need Access

• Expert Product and Technical Support to help your students and their parents at every step
• Built-in Privacy Features to guard sensitive financial information
• International and undocumented students can complete the online application, even if they don't have an SSN.
• Learn More about how your students will benefit

Need Analysis Process

• Full Service Capabilities provide a one-stop-shopping solution to award institutional aid
• Sophisticated Calculations provide you with more in-depth financial analyses of your students
• Multiple Methodologies let you drill down and get to the data that will bring you a clear picture of your students’ need
• Custom Reporting Tools to quickly and easily segment data and generate reports as you need them
• Learn More about the power of Need Access’ need analysis

Web-based Application

• Free Web Application to analyze, store, track, export and manage your data
• Expert Product and Technical Support from our product specialists will be available to you every step of the way to help you get the most out of Need Access
• Learn More about the data and analysis power of Need Access