POST-GRADUATION PLANNING
COLLEGE + UNIVERSITY
PAYING FOR COLLEGE
College can be paid for in numerous ways. It can just be paid for out-of-pocket, but students should not allow financial hardship to keep them from applying for or going to college. Explore the information below to find other ways to pay for college.
Terminology
Financial aid is money for education expenses. There are many types of financial aid.
Loans have to be repaid with interest.
Grants are funds that generally do not have to be repaid as long as certain criteria are met or maintained . They can come from the government, your school, or other organizations.
Work-study is money earned by the student at a job (often on campus) that helps the student pay his or her education expenses. This money does not have to be repaid and is not taken into account in assessing a student’s eligibility for financial aid the following year.
For each type, you should start on the page below called "Financial Aid/FAFSA."
Scholarships are a little different . They are usually based on academic merit but can be based on a interests, hobbies, religion, ethnicity, and/or financial need. They're on a separate page below.
