College Financial Aid | Planning For College | Library Resources Interactive Online Practice Tests

FastWeb lets students create a personalized profile that can be matched against their expansive databases of colleges and scholarships. As the oldest and most popular free online scholarship matching service, their database has more than 600,000 scholarships totaling over $1 billion.

FinAid was established in the fall of 1994 as a public service. This award-winning site has grown into the most comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Student Financial Assistance Program is the largest source of student aid in America, providing over $40 billion a year in grants, loans, and work-study assistance. Here you'll find help for every stage of the financial aid process, whether you're in school or out of school.

The Iowa College Student Aid Commission provides a broad range of services to Iowa postsecondary students, parents, and institutions. These services include administration of student financing, information services, research, and program evaluation. 

Iowa Student Loan is a nonprofit organization. Its mission is to provide students with the financial resources necessary to obtain a post-secondary education. Iowa Student Loan achieves this goal by providing the Partnership alternative loan to students and families, as well as working with over 350 lenders in and around the state of Iowa to assist in the origination and servicing of Federal Stafford and Parent Loans (PLUS).

Sallie Mae is the nation's leader in higher education finance. For more than 26 years Sallie Mae has been active in the student loan business and currently serves five million borrowers, services $53 billion in student loans and partners with 5,000 colleges, universities and higher education learning centers. 

The U.S. Department of Education administers several major student aid programs, including Pell Grants and Stafford Loans, which provide over $42 billion a year to help millions of students pay for the costs of college. Whether you're ready to apply for financial aid or just interested in more information about the federal student aid programs, the starting point is here.

The Education Resources Institute (TERI) was founded in 1985 to provide education financing and information services to students and their families. As a private, not-for-profit organization, TERI recognizes that middle-income Americans are increasingly excluded from traditional financial aid programs. To help fill the financial aid gap, TERI offers loans based on creditworthiness, not income limitations.

Fill out your FAFSA form online.

College Financial Aid | Planning For College | Library Resources Interactive Online Practice Tests

ACT is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides more than a hundred assessment, research, information, and program management services in the broad areas of education and workforce development. The ACT is America's most widely accepted college entrance exam. It assesses high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work.

Collegeboard.com brings together all the information and tools that students and parents need to plan for the transition from high school to college. It is the only place where students can register for the SAT online and practice online with actual SAT test questions. Students and parents also use collegeboard.com to identify and search for suitable colleges, apply to college online, explore career options, learn about college costs, and navigate the confusing world of financial aid.

CollegeLink.com Incorporated provides a range of pre-college services, including : college searches, test preparation, getting into top schools, finding scholarships, electronic college applications, paying for college and college success. The Company has relationships with nearly 1,000 colleges and universities and more than 4,000 high schools nationwide.

Your direct link to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States. If you are thinking about a large university, a small liberal arts college, a specialized college, a community college, a career or technical college or a trade school, you can find them all here. College Opportunities On-Line is brought to you by the National Center for Education Statistics in the U.S. Department of Education. NCES was authorized by Congress in 1998 to help college students, future students, and their parents understand the differences between colleges and how much it costs to attend college. 

This site is sponsored by a group of guaranty agencies who participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and are committed to providing information about higher education and career opportunities. Mapping Your Future's mission is to counsel students and families about college, career, and financial aid choices through a state-of-the-art public service web site.

Petersons.com brings together, at one central address, consistently organized information about educational opportunities at all levels, and gives individuals the ability to search Peterson's databases, as well as to request more information, apply to a school or program, and interact in other ways with faculty and administrators at educational institutions. 

Students.gov is a cooperative effort of many federal agencies working together, under the leadership of the U.S. Department of Education. Students.gov is a student gateway to information and services from the United States government. Through Students.gov you can : find the right college, apply for federal student financial aid, learn about military educational benefits, e-file your taxes, request a change of address, find a job, register for Selective Service, search for campsites in national parks, apply to be a Peace Corps volunteer, get a replacement Social Security card, buy postage stamps or U.S. Savings Bonds online, and more…

U.S. News & World Report is a weekly national news magazine devoted largely to reporting and analyzing national and international affairs, politics, business, health, science, technology, and social trends. U.S. News publishes the following annual reports : America's Best Colleges, Best Graduate Schools. This link will take you to their education information, which includes these rankings. 

You'll find pointers on the entire "Go-to-College" process from preparation to getting loans. Wiredscholar also has interactive tools that enable you to analyze the affordability of schools and compare financial aid award letters. Sallie Mae brings this wealth of information and functionality to you… when you need it, when you want it.

College Financial Aid | Planning For College
Library Resources | Interactive Online Practice Tests

 College Financial Aid | Planning For College | Library Resources Interactive Online Practice Tests