| General Financial Aid Information - Adventures in Education
- This site contains basic information on a selecting a school, how to get money for school, what parents need to know, and a financial need estimator.
- CNNMoney
- Current articles on organizing personal finances to prepare for college.
- College Board Financial Aid Profile
- On line registration and FAQ for the PROFILE, a program of the College Scholarship Service® (CSS®), the financial aid division of the College Board. Many colleges, universities, and scholarship programs use the information collected on PROFILE to help them award nonfederal student aid funds.
- College Data
- What will college really cost? The College Net Cost Calculator will help you uncover your true out-of-pocket costs to attend any college. Site sponsored by 1st Financial Bank.
- College Planning
- While this site features information on the entire college preparation process, it is sponsored by a credit union and its financial information features are especially strong.
- College Savings Calculator
- This site helps parents plan how much they need to save for college. The site can accomodate up to four children and allows parents to input the ages of each child as well as planned earnings and education inflation.
- College Savings
- The purpose of the College Savings Calculator is to help people develop a savings plan for a college education. To use this tool you will need to enter your current savings amount, the rate of return, your monthly contributions, and the education cost inflation. You can print out your results in terms of balances and expenses by the year or total costs by child.
- Compare Your Aid Awards
- This site, sponsored by the College Board, helps students and their families understand their award letter, compare aid offers and learn about strategies for paying their share of the cost.
- Completing the FAFSA
- Get detailed information on how to complete each question on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
- ED Office of Post secondary Education (OPE) Home Page
- Obtain general information about the financial aid process on the federal level.
- Educaid
- The seventh largest education lender in the US offers information about its student loans and federal student aid.
- eStudent Loan
- Compare loans and apply online with major lenders. Search for scholarships. See what loans your school recommends.
- FAFSA on the WEB
- An interactive application that students can use to apply for federal student aid over the net. Extensive help screens prevent errors that can delay processing.
- Federal Student Aid
- Good starting point for information about all the finacial aid programs administered by the federal government.
- Federal Student Aid Financial4caster
- By using FAFSA4caster, you and your family will receive an early estimate of eligibility for federal student aid. This web site provides you with an opportunity to increase your knowledge of the financial aid process; become familiar with the various types of federal student aid that are available; and investigate other sources of aid, such as grants and scholarships.
- Federal Student Aid for Counselors
- While the federal government prepared this site to help counselors give good financial advice to their students preparing for college, students and parents will find it valuable to read themselves.
- FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
- Financial Aid Information Page - regularly updated, current, objective - vast source of all types of financial information. Be prepared to deal with lots of ads that keep this site free. This is the most complete financial aid page we've found so far!
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- Comprehensive site from Peterson's offers articles on many financial aid topics.
- Financial Aid for College
- This comprehensive site sponsored by the US Department of Education has links to three brochures: Funding Your Education provides general information about the US Department of Education's federal student financial aid programs. It is designed for high school students and others considering entering a post secondary school for the first time. Looking for Student Aid - A short brochure covering sources of Free Information About Student Aid and using Scholarship Search Services. The Student Guide tells you about federal student financial aid (SFA) programs and how to apply for them.
- Financial Aid Resource Center
- This site is maintained by a former financial aid administrator. You can subscribe to his free financial aid newsletter via e-mail and get advice on the entire funding for college process.
- Financial Aid Podcast
- A new program is available every day and is downloadable through Itunes or from the site itself. A mixture of financial aid information, answers to questions from the audience, and items of iterest to college age students.
- Fundsnet
- Fundsnet™ is a privately owned Web site created in 1996 to assist nonprofit organizations find funding resources on the Internet. It has pages listing scholarships and financial aid opportunities.
- The Illinois Student Assistance Commission /College Zone
- This master site has links to Info Cafe, Infonet, and Mapping Your Future - information on grant, scholarship & loan programs administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and other financial advice for families and students preparing for college.
- International Education Finance Corporation
- This companies specializes in giving loans to students who wish to study overseas.
- International Student
- Many colleges and universities in the US offer financial aid to international students. Here is a list of the US schools that offer international aid, searchable by state, and also showing the number of students that receive aid and the average award
- loans4students
- While this is a commercial site sponsored by a financial institution involved with college loans, it has a user friendly explanation of the financial aid process for both parents and students.
- National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
- Professional site has many links to financial aid information of special interest to parents
- Nellie Mae
- Largest nonprofit organization in the US that provides information about student loan and financial aid plans.
- Nerdworld
- Comprehensive site offers search for financial aid and information about scholarships.
- Project Student Debt
- Scholarships only go so far and college is ever more expensive. This site will keep you well informed about ways to secure loans and the ramifications of the debt you will accumulate.
- Sallie Mae
- Extensive financial aid site including scholarship and loan information.
- Selective Service
- Males must register for selective service before they can receive financial aid. This site allows you to register on-line.
- Simple Tuition
- SimpleTuition is designed to help you find your way to your ideal college loan. Consumer-friendly technology has revolutionized mortgage and car loan shopping: the same thinking here brings you an objective, sortable, online comparison solution that will make your college borrowing choices a whole lot clearer. Behind simple, straightforward navigation, a complex engine crunches real numbers to give you real results.
- Smart Money
- This site is affiliated with the magazine and discusses planning for college and the financial ramifications.
- Southwest Student Services Corporation
- While this is a commercial site sponsored by a financial institution involved with college loans, it has a user friendly explanation of the financial aid process for both parents and students.
- Student Aid
- Site sponsored by the federal government provides students and parents with free, online tools to help them access information about higher education and learn the facts about its affordability. The site offers: a student profile feature to assess career interests, highlight schools that offer degrees in those fields and offer job search strategies; a calculator to project education costs into the future and to develop a financing plan; information about federal financial aid programs, tax credits and links to private scholarship sites; online federal financial aid application; college admission application processes and standardized testing requirements for school admissions; and a planning timeline to help students schedule their high school courses to meet academic requirements for the college of their choice.
- Student Loan Network
- Student loan company site offers information about the whole financial aid process.
- Ten Financial Aid Pitfalls
- This essay about mistakes to avoid is sponsored by a bank that handles student loans, but is applicable for any student in need of financial aid.
- Title IV Institution Codes
- Use this site to find your school's Title IV code when you fill in your FAFSA.
- Tuition Coach
- While this is a commercial site which charges a reasonable $59/year, it contains valuable information about the financial aid process that are also available for free. You can calculate college costs for any collee, analyze funding options, complee financial aid forms with guidance, learn how to evaluate aid packages and negotiate with financial aid officers.
- Undergraduate Loans
- Site sponsored by Wells Fargo bank explains the various types of student loans available.
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