Learn more: Grant and loan programs
Federal loans provide the largest share of college financial aid, but there are other sources.
Federal Work-Study
The federal government gives money to colleges to pay students to work on or off campus during the academic year (part-time) and in the summer (full-time).
Pell Grants
Federal money for low-income students. Maximum award: $4,050.
Perkins Loans
Low-interest [...]

Learn more: Loan programs and planners
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, www.hecb.wa.gov/payingTailor-made for Washington residents: a directory of state-sponsored financial-aid programs.
Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program, www.get.wa.gov/Everything you ever wanted to know about Washington state’s own prepaid-tuition program.
The Northwest Education Loan Association, www.nela.netHelp with loan programs, tax breaks and budgeting for college. Includes calculator to estimate how [...]

Think Financial, a new company that markets private student loan products directly to consumers, today announced it has signed a contract with The First Marblehead Corporation (NYSE: FMD), a national leader in creating solutions for education finance. Think Financial will offer a complete suite of direct-to-consumer student loan products, including loans for k-12, undergraduate, graduate [...]

Students who came to the country illegally could apply for state financial aid when they attend California colleges and universities under legislation approved Tuesday by the Assembly in a party-line vote.
Supporters said immigrant children who have graduated and completed at least three years of high school in California should not be penalized for their parents’ [...]

The portion of University of Arizona students receiving financial aid outpaces the national average, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the UA financial aid office.
Figures released Thursday by the Census Bureau show that nationwide, 11.2 million students, or about 65 percent of the total number of college students, receive some form of [...]

The University of Michigan has increased financial aid packages in an effort to reach out to the school’s most needy students. The university has expanded its M-PACT program, replacing loans with grants for qualified students.
Joe Serwach, a U-M spokesman, said he hopes the program inspires more people to go to college.
“Studies have shown that if [...]

You might weep the day you leave your son or daughter in a college dormitory for the first time, but wait until you take a look at the first bill for tuition, room and board.
You could be moved to a different kind of tears.
About this time of year, that bill arrives. And it’s a [...]

A recent article in the New York Times highlighted what many students already knew — that not only was college getting more expensive, but the amount of federal aid available to students is not keeping up with rising education costs.
A revision and update to the EFC, or Expected Family Contribution, formula for the 2005-2006 school [...]

The American Dietetic Association, through its many association groups, offers a variety of scholarships and educational stipends to individuals pursuing undergraduate and advanced degrees in dietetics or food and nutrition related areas. General scholarship and educational stipend information from the American Dietetic Association Foundation, the dietetic practice groups and affiliate (state) and district dietetic associations [...]

The purpose of the AAPG Foundation’s Grants-in-Aid program is to foster research in the geosciences. Grants are made to provide financial assistance to graduate students (currently enrolled in Masters or Ph.D. programs) whose thesis research has application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-mineral resources, and/or to related environmental geology issues.
Grants are [...]

South Bay resident relishes helping students obtain millions for higher education
When he’s away from his job running the financial aid office at Cuyamaca College, South Bay resident Ray Reyes is typically with his wife, Deanna, in a venue a far departure from the halls of academia.
What started on a whim – his wife’s fun idea [...]

Legal Aid University, a Boston organization that provides continuing education for legal aid attorneys, received a $50,000 grant from the American College of Trial Lawyers to improve its online training program.
The money was part of the association’s Emil Gumpert Award, which honors programs that maintain or improve the administration of justice. The award recognized LAU’s [...]