Financial Aid

The following resources can help you fund your college education.

Student Guide 2009-2010
The most comprehensive resource on student financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education. It covers the Department of Education's major aid programs—including Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and PLUS Loans—and is available in Spanish.

Federal Student Aid on the Web
This portal helps students, teachers, and counselors understand and apply for all of the available forms of financial aid provided by the Department of Education.

California Student Aid Commission
Making education beyond high school financially accessible to all Californians.

Student Aid Alliance
A coalition of organizations representing students, colleges and universities and others who believe that all qualified students should be able to go to college regardless of their financial resources.

Sallie Mae
Helping students achieve their dreams of higher education by providing funds for educational loans, primarily federally guaranteed student loans originated under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).

Department of Education
The Department of Education will provide more than $67 billion this year, about 70 percent of all student aid, to help millions of students and families pay for postsecondary education.