Discover how the Higher Education Act of 1965 provides financial aid, scholarships, and loans to students, supporting ...

Discover how FAFSA award letters outline your financial aid eligibility, detailing grants, loans, and scholarships offered by colleges to help fund your education.

・FAFSA refunds come from unused financial aid money that gets refunded to the student once all the college's required fees are paid. ・While a FAFSA refund can feel like a bonus, it's designed to cover ...

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

The annual National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators conference convened in Anaheim, Calif., this morning under a cloud of worry. For student aid professionals in attendance and ...

Roughly 55 percent of this year’s high school graduating class applied for federal financial aid, a significant comeback after the glitchy rollout of a new version of the form last year. But even with ...

When Congress failed to fund the government at the beginning of October, students seeking federal financial aid were plunged into a bureaucratic nightmare. As political leaders bicker over a spending ...

Princeton continues to enhance its groundbreaking financial aid program as it welcomes a first-year class with the largest-ever number of lower-income students. The financial aid enhancements reflect ...

California colleges are worried that new federal measures seeking to crack down on financial aid fraud, which has stolen millions in grants, could result in the unintended consequence of fewer ...

Thousands of Bay Area students could soon face a new hurdle when it comes to paying for college: deep cuts to federal financial aid. Republican lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are considering proposals ...

Students attending any of the state’s nine independent colleges, such as Gonzaga University, Pacific Lutheran University, Seattle University, and Whitman College, would see state tuition assistance ...