There are countless sources of financial aid outside of federal and state student loans. There are grants and scholarships from local, state, and federal sources, as well as private bank loans. If you’ve already reached your student loan limit, that means you’ve probably already applied for the FAFSA and may have received federal aid like… Read More

For high school seniors, the start of college is far away. To pay for that college bill, however, they’ve got to start moving now. College-bound students who haven’t submitted the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as FAFSA, as soon as they can after Jan. 1 should do it sooner instead of later,… Read More

If given the opportunity, would you crowdfund your education costs? Thanks to Knowledge Strong, you might be able to. Set to launch in November 2012, Knowledge Strong is an online community for students to find donors to help them pay for the costs of college. Here’s how it works: People in need of any education funding—be it future… Read More

Some would say the value of a college education is priceless, though prospective students may have reason to think otherwise. College tuition has risen significantly in recent years, and young adults are graduating with larger amounts of student loan debt. Although loans have become one of the primary ways students are financing their education, students… Read More