Financial aid is money to help you pay for college. It doesn’t come out of your savings or earnings. Financial aid has two main categories: need-based aid and merit-based aid. Need-based aid is ...

College students and their families already know the 2023-24 academic year is only weeks away, so there's not a lot of time to get everything in order if they haven't already. Steps to take now ...

To apply for federal, state and Purdue University student aid programs, students must submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) annually to be considered for each academic year. A ...

College hopefuls are already waiting longer than usual for their financial aid offers this year, due to the delayed release of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). But what applicants ...

Fewer low-income students applied for college financial aid for the current school year after the rollout of an updated version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, was ...

Johns Hopkins University celebrated today's announcement by Bloomberg Philanthropies of a new gift of $1 billion to make Hopkins free for most medical students and expand financial aid for future ...

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