College Aid Consulting Services

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The 2023-2024 FAFSA® deadlines parents need to know. FAFSA applications started on October 1, 2022. It’s important for students to submit their applications for financial aid as soon as possible. The sooner you file your FAFSA the better your chances of maximizing your financial aid.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

APRIL 28, 2025

If youve been juggling acceptance letters, financial aid offers, and those feelings of the unknown, its time to focus: May 1st is National College Decision Day. As a reminder, it’s the deadline by which most colleges expect you to officially commit by submitting your enrollment deposit. Which aid is renewable?).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Those who returned to education overwhelmingly chose to return to public, two-year community colleges or primarily online institutions. If that staff member in financial aid or that person who was motivating them no longer exists, why would they show up?”

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JUNE 2, 2025

As a financial aid advisor, I know that these 5college planning conversations are important before your students move-in day! Financial Planning and Budgeting: Discuss the financial aspects of college, including tuition, fees, room and board, and personal expenses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. But Dougherty Family College (DFC), a two-year associate degree program at the University of St. Unlike many community colleges, DFC has a selective admissions process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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Community College Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Need help with your FAFSA application?Many Many community colleges are offering workshops and other types of assistance to help students get the financial aid necessary to head to college next year.

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The College Pod

MAY 4, 2024

Understanding key terms like "cost of attendance" will allow you to understand how colleges award financial aid. As a result, you might be able to better position yourself to get more financial aid. To be sure, most families do not pay the full COA listed on a college’s website. What is cost of attendance?

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Scholarship America

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

billion in Pell Grant funds on the table , along with millions of dollars in SNAP benefits, private scholarships and other forms of college financial aid. NCAN estimates that “about 767,000 students from the high school class of 2022 who would be eligible for Pell Grants did not complete the FAFSA.” More than 3.2

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2024

Due to the disastrous rollout of the new FAFSA, most new and continuing students still don’t know how much college will cost them next year. FAFSA submissions have declined as a result, but not equally across all demographics. This glitch caused their FAFSA’s to be rejected by the ED.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2024

Due to the disastrous rollout of the new FAFSA, most new and continuing students still don’t know how much college will cost them next year. FAFSA submissions have declined as a result, but not equally across all demographics. This glitch caused their FAFSA’s to be rejected by the ED.

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The College Pod

JANUARY 13, 2025

The gateway to financial aid--including grant, scholarships, and loans--is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( FAFSA ) students must complete before they enter college and every year they are in college. Only Borrow What You Need Colleges may offer you more loan money than you actually need.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. Specifically, we weren’t educated on how to repay them.

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Counselors' Corner

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Self-Reported Academic Record What started out as a great time-saving idea is now the bane of most college-bound students and their counselors. New Year’s FAFSA Besides debuting when high schools are closed, the late rollout hampers financial aid packages for early applicants, and maybe later ones too. Pie in the sky?

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JULY 21, 2024

It’s another great way to reduce costs (especially if you go through a community college) and knock out some GenEds! #5: 5: Plan for College Expenses For high school students entering college soon, summer is a crucial time to prepare financially. You can also start comparing college costs between your top options.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 3, 2023

Applicants Should Always Submit a FAFSA The Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( FAFSA ) is a form completed by prospective and current college students to determine their eligibility for Federal, state, and private financial aid in the form of loans, scholarships, grants, and work-study programs.

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Student Research Foundation

JANUARY 26, 2023

Students Who Want to Attend State Schools, but who Lack the Financial Resources A growing number of state universities are offering direct admission to students who have previously studied at community colleges in the states where they reside. Just one example? It is awarded by the U.S.

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UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

JANUARY 19, 2021

While my parents fueled my motivation to earn a college degree, I was left to figure out the admission process, FAFSA, and other financial pieces, but I did not do it alone. In doing so, I was able to teach first- and second-year level Spanish courses here at UO as a graduate teaching assistant.

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Student Loan Hero

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It features a free, frequently-updated database, allowing you to access a range of financial support for your higher education, whether it’s a four-year university, a community college, or a trade school. But CareerOneStop also features more than 8,000 scholarships, grants, fellowships and other financial aid opportunities.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Scholarship awards and financial aid can help ease the financial burden of attending college. 20 scholarships for Hispanic and Latino students Eligibility requirements vary for these scholarships, but they usually require you to be enrolled at an accredited four-year college or university and maintain a 3.0

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Moderately selective institutions were also significantly more interested than other types of schools in “ nonconsumption ”—the phenomenon of high school graduates choosing not to pursue college. This result is surprising.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

One thing that I think that we picked up on very early as we were modeling this with five different cohorts, is how many students are leaving resources on the table that are already due to them, and how the element of choice to fill out the FAFSA or to fill out the Arkansas Challenge paperwork for the lottery funded program here in the state.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

The NCAN started with the number of high school graduates who did not fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which was roughly 1.65 There are plenty of reasons why students who might be eligible for Pell Grants might not complete the FAFSA. The report’s methodology was simple. billion total.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

Bucks County Community College will receive $200,000 to create 100 scholarships for students, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The money – from longtime donors Gene and Marlene Epstein – will be for students from Lower Bucks County, a suburb of Philadelphia, to cover costs such as tuition and books, on top of other financial aid.

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JUNE 9, 2022

6 What is the average student loan debt for community college? According to Community College Review , the average student loan debt balance for graduates of public community colleges is approximately $11,112. For graduates of private community colleges, the average balance is approximately $17,343. #7

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

But it was made increasingly more difficult in 2024 with the troubled unveiling of the new, “simplified FAFSA,” which wreaked more havoc on students with unique life circumstances, as they found themselves unable to submit their FAFSA and unlock critical financial support.

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