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Federal Financial Aid Programs
As you look for possible Federal Aid Programs to supplement paying for college you must remember to look at all the programs because, where one program may not be good for your circumstances another program might be just what you need.
There are four types of programs that offer financial aid, namely:
- Scholarships and Grants: These are the most popular because funds your are able to aquire do not have to be repaid.
- Loans: Loans are the most common type of financial aid. Even though most parents or students find it necessary to borrow at some time furing their college education a word caution must to offered. Remeber, you must repay loans so be very careful to weigh what is going to be earned versus what will have to be repaid.
- Institutional Scholarships: Almost all colleges have the ability to offer scholarships so check carefully with colleges to see what programs they have to offer.
- Federal Work-Study Programs: This program is based on the students financial need.
To View informaton about any specific program just click on the name of the program.
Federal Pell Grant
Academic Competitive Grant
National Smart Grant
Indian Health Service
Americorps
FSEOGs
Federal Work Study Program
Jesse Brown Memorial Scholarship
Perkins Loan
In addition to Federal Finacial Aid Programs, many states offer their own Financial Aid Programs. These programs are in addition to the programs that individual colleges may offer.
If you are looking at schools in different states make sure you review all the states your student may attend.
In order to find which state financial aid programs are available on the state level you will need to visit each state's web site.
Once you have found the state that you would like to research simply copy and paste the states web site onto you address bar and click "Go"
