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Financial Aid

Listed below are resources to assist families with the financial aid process.

Please also attend one of our Financial Aid Presentations.

Financial Aid Process

Financial Aid Process.pdf

Financial Aid Forms:

  - FAFSA (required by all colleges) - Opens October 1 each year

  - CSS Profile (required by some private schools only) 

       - List of schools requiring CSS Profile

The following financial aid information is provided by the NH Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NHASFAA) Speaker's Bureau and the NHHEAF Network:

- The Financial Aid Insider (pamphlet)

- Slide Presentation (from Financial Aid Night Presentation of 2025)

- FAFSA paper version 

- FAFSA Appointments - The Granite Edvance Organizations’ Center for College Planning is pleased to offer New Hampshire students and parents FREE File-a-FAFSA assistance at its College Planning Library in Concord, NH. 

How Financial Aid is Calculated - Wondering how the amount of your federal student aid is determined?

The colleges or career schools you list on your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) will use several pieces of information to calculate your aid.

College Guidance Network - high-quality videos that bring the best experts into the living room of every college-bound student, giving students and their families the tools they need to navigate the college selection and financial aid processes. 

To make use of this powerful (free) resource:

  1. Click on High School Links folder (upper left hand corner of browser) of your school-issued google account

  2. Click on "Clever"

  3. Select "CGN Roadmap" (under more apps)

Scholarship Search Resources:

National:

  - Scholarship Finder : US Dept. of Ed.

  - scholarshipamerica

  - http://www.collegescholarships.com/  

  - www.fastweb.com   

  - www.scholarships.com 

  - www.finaid.org 


Regional:

   - - Xello - students access through "clever" in their school-issued google account


Closer to home:

 - www.nhcf.org (New Hampshire Charitable Foundation)

  - www.souheganvalley.dollarsforscholars.org/ 

 

Local Scholarship Process - The "Local Scholarship Process" begins in March.  All application materials will be made available at that time.  Students will participate in an all-grade assembly to receive instructions on how to complete these electronic applications.  Local scholarships are awarded at the annual Local Scholarship Night (TBD).

Cost Saving Opportunities:

  - NH Dual Admission Program - Enroll at one of the seven CCSNH schools and be admitted into the University System of NH at the same time (2+2 program)

  - Tuition Break Program (RSP) - provides a discount on out-of-state tuition to NH residents when enrolling in approved programs

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