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Understanding Your Financial Aid Offer

When paying for college, make sure you understand your financial aid offer.  This letter spells out the details of your financial aid package and what you will be expected to pay out-of-pocket. First, how do you get a financial aid offer letter? To get a financial award letter from your selected college(s), you must first […]

WRITTEN BY: Dr. Roseanne Scammahorn, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Darke County, Scammahorn.5@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Melissa J. Rupp, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fulton County, rupp.26@osu.edu

REFERENCES:

  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, (2021). Your financial path to graduation. https://www.consumerfinance.gov/paying-for-college/your-financial-path-to-graduation/?houx=826&fdx=340&clhx=87&trnx=324&hltx=121&entx=94&retx=22&taxx=-6&othx=385
  • Federal Student Aid. (2021). Apply for Financial Aid. https://finaid.org/fafsa/awardletters/
  • Federal Student Aid. (2021). You are America’s Smartest Investment. https://studentaid.gov/
  • Finaid (2021). Award Letters. https://finaid.org/fafsa/awardletters/

The Cost of College and Parental Support: How Much Should You Commit?

According to CollegeData.com, the cost of a “moderate” college budget for an in-state public college for the 2014–2015 academic year averaged $23,410. A moderate budget at a private college averaged $46,272. Those figures included the cost of tuition, fees, housing, meals, books, supplies, and personal needs. Because of the substantial cost of attaining a college […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County

REVIEWED BY: Melissa Welker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fulton County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • www.flickr.com

SOURCES:

  • http://www.asanet.org/press/parents_financial_help_linked_to_lower_gpa.cfm
  • http://www.collegedata.com/cs/content/content_payarticle_tmpl.jhtml?articleId=10064

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