STAR Scholarship spending increased 47% since 2011-12

$42.6 million was disbursed to students during the 2014-15 aid year through PeopleSoft and tracked with the Scholarship Tracking and Reporting (STAR) database, an overall increase of $20.2 million, or 47%, since the database was introduced in 2011-12. The STAR database tracks all scholarships and fellowships paid to students, no matter the funding source. Over 5,800 funding sources are managed by the STAR database.