Know the loan types. Direct Subsidized Loans are for undergraduates with financial need, and the government covers the ...

No two students are alike, but if you’re admitted and you qualify for financial aid, you will be awarded a package: some combination of scholarships (which do not have to be paid back), loans (which ...

NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- College-bound students who filled out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are faced with their next homework assignment: comparing financial aid award ...

Against a backdrop of rising college costs and student borrowing rates, more than 400 colleges and universities have committed to following standards of clarity in financial aid offer letters, which ...

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Learn what’s in a financial aid award letter and how to compare costs at multiple schools Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Rebecca Safier is a contributor to Buy Side and finance expert on ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Financial aid award letters can be misleading. In one common practice, for example, colleges highlight the total "out of pocket" cost for attending. The figure is intended to give ...

Photo by Tim Leedy 2/26/04Kate L. Weidner (16) a senior at Exeter H.S. does some scholarship research in the guidance office. (Photo By Tim Leedy/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images) I ...

When you fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), you should receive written notification from your school of choice explaining how much aid you qualify for and what type. A ...

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This time last year, McKenna Hensley had a big question on her mind: Where would she go to college? The answer — sort of — was somewhere in her pile of 10 financial aid offers. Each school she'd been ...

If your financial aid package falls short of your need, you can ask the college for more financial aid by sending them a ...