Federal Student Financial Aid


FAFSA document

Keep looking? Do not let your future be controlled by the money; the Federal Student Financial Aid has different opportunities and ways to help you. To see if you qualify for any of them, keep reading this information.

There is a Federal Students Aid called FAFSA, which is the process that every student must follow in order to get a Financial Aid. There are different types of programs and there is at least one made for you.

GRANTS

Federal Pell Grants
Academic Competitiveness Grant
Other types of Grants
 Federal Pell Grants
Federal Pell Grants provides need-based grants to undergraduate and certain post baccalaureate students with financial need.
 Academic Competitiveness Grant
Academic Competitiveness Grant has been created for students who have finished school after 2005.
 Other types of Grants
Other grants are assigned in the academic achievements to cover the difference between the school costs and the family contribution.

CAMPUS-BASED AID

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
Federal Work Study
Federal Perkins Loan
 FSEOG
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant is for undergraduates students with exceptional financial need.
 Federal Work Study
Federal Work Study assists students with funds which are earned through part-time employment.
 Federal Perkins Loan
Federal Perkins Loan provides low-interest loans to low-income undergraduate and graduate students.

LOANS

Stafford Loans
PLUS Loans or Parents Loans
Professional and Graduate Loans
 Stafford Loans
These are student loans to finance education of undergraduate and graduate students attending college at least half-time.
 PLUS Loans or Parents Loans
These provide an alternative for paying the total cost of education, which is given for parents with an acceptable credit history.
 PLUS Loans for Graduate and Professional Students
These are low-interest loans to cover college for graduate and professional degree students with a positive credit history.

Finally, this government grants and loans will help you to finish your goals and achievements in life. Determine with the school you have decided to, in which financial aid program you would qualify; and do not let the education costs stop your path to your dreams.