A comparison of the scholastic achievement of office education students receiving Federal aid with office education students not receiving Federal aid was the focus of a study conducted in three two-year colleges in Utah. The Shipley Institute of Living Scale was administered in fall 1975 to all students (n=397) enrolled in typewriting, shorthand, accounting, and business machines classes at the three colleges. In June, 1976 the grade point average (GPA) of each student was computed in all completed classes. Eighty funded students were identified through a record search, and 80 nonfunded students were selected at random from the test population for comparative analysis. Demographic data collected from the sample groups revealed that the funded students tended to be older, to be or have been married, and to have more dependent children. Both groups were predominantly female. No significant differences were found between the two groups in mental ability or amount of prior work experience. Funded students had a significantly lower GPA at two colleges, but were significantly higher at the third (2.3 versus 2.0). As a total group, however, funded students achieved as well as nonfunded students. Variable data for individual participants in each group, the demographic questionnaire, and the statistical formulas used are appended. (RT)