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General Financial Aid Information
Financial Aid Calculators
Scholarships
Money Management
For Educators and Professionals
General Financial Aid Information
Financial aid offices at each college in Colorado are a great source for comprehensive and detailed financial aid opportunities available through that school.
The
Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) is a program of the
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Students who are residents of WICHE states may enroll at participating two- and four-year college programs
outside of their home state at a reduced tuition rate.
College Goal Sunday will take place at multiple locations throughout Colorado in February. This is an opportunity for students and parents to get free help filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (most financial aid opportunities require completion of the FAFSA). Spanish-speaking volunteers will be available at each site.
CollegeInvest a division of the Colorado Department of Higher Education, is Colorado's only not-for-profit organization dedicated to working with you to finance your higher education. They offer scholarships, 529 college savings plans and unique loan products and services with exclusive borrower benefits and special advantages.
The
Colorado Servicing Consortium is an exclusive partnership between College Assist™ Loan Servicing and Nelnet, Inc. The consortium is dedicated to providing a streamlined and superior loan servicing model for borrowers, schools and lenders. Lenders participating with the Colorado Servicing Consortium offer some of the best borrower benefits and incentives available.
The
U.S. Department of Education hosts a financial aid assistance site for students.
Financial Aid Calculators
ACT's Financial Aid Need Estimator is a free service that can help you plan more effectively to meet college costs.
CollegeToolkit.com has calculators for everything from college savings to the value of obtaining a college degree.
FinAid includes financial aid calculators and answers to a host of financial aid questions for students and parents.
Scholarships
The Boettcher Foundation Program, originally created in 1952, now includes more than 1,900 current scholars and alumni and has provided nearly $42 million in undergraduate Scholarships.
Bill Daniels established the Daniels Fund in 1997 to support programs that encourage personal responsibility and achievement. The fund offers both grants and scholarships.
Colorado Nurses Foundation awards a variety of scholarships to nursing students from both rural and urban settings.
The Denver Scholarship Foundation is offering scholarships to the 2007 graduates of Abraham Lincoln, Montbello and South High Schools who are pursuing a post-secondary education at eligible institutions and meet certain eligibility requirements, DSF hopes to offer additional scholarships to all Denver Public School students eventually.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc. provides a free scholarship search to Hispanic students from a database of 200,000 Hispanic-specific financial aid resources. Call 1-800-EXCEL-DC for more information. Bilingual assistance is available.
Financial Aid Assistance presents information about the numerous scholarship opportunities available for students of color throughout the United States. Included are all minority scholarship opportunities of which they have knowledge.
The Gates Millennium Scholars Program was founded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It is intended to increase the number of African-Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Americans and Hispanic Americans enrolling in and completing undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
United Negro College Fund — Since 1985, the UNCF Scholarships and Grants Administration office has awarded in scholarship assistance more than $105 million to over 28,000 students enrolled in its 39 member colleges and universities.
The American Indian College Fund provides scholarship support directly to each tribal as well as administering several scholarship programs offered to American Indian students attending both tribal colleges and selected mainstream universities as well.
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to Hispanic students that maintain a 3.0 grade point average and meet other criteria.
The Latin American Education Foundation has established itself as a leader in meeting the higher education needs of Hispanic students. For more than 57 years LAEF has awarded over 5,000 scholarships totaling over $5,000,000.
The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management offers full-tuition, merit-based fellowships to African American, Hispanic American and Native American citizens for graduate study leading to a Master's degree in Business. More than 300 fellowships are awarded annually.
NACME, Inc. is widely known as the nation's largest private source of scholarships for African American, American Indian and Latino women and men in engineering.
The Orphan Foundation of America helps orphans and foster youth as they transition from foster care to young adulthood, with particular emphasis on helping these individuals to attend college or vocational school.
College Board Online Scholarship Search tool was created to help students locate scholarships, internships, grants and loans that match education level, talents and background.
Develop a personalized profile at Geischolarships.com and use the Scholarships101 search engine to match your specific skills, talents, interests, and abilities to the database of over 600,000 college scholarships.
College-Scholarships.com is designed to offer college bound students, parents and counselors easy access to information on colleges and universities throughout the United States, free college scholarship and financial aid searches, SAT and ACT test preparation tips and more.
Scholarship Resource Network Express contains a database of over 8,000 programs with a distribution level of over 150,000 awards for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
EasyAid — a commercial site designed to provide information for Colorado and other states on existing scholarships, loans, savings plans and other forms of financial aid.
Money Management
Mastering Money financial literacy course addresses the top financial topics that every student should know before entering post-secondary education or the workforce.
MoneySKILL®, a personal finance course, is a highly interactive, reality-based Internet curriculum.
Practical Money Skills is a free Website designed to help educators, parents and students practice better money management for life.
ManagingMyMoney.com provides personal financial planning tips and information along with concrete advice on how to manage money so money doesn't manage you.
360 Degrees of Financial Literacy covers financial topics for all life's stages.
YoungMoney® was launched in 1999 to change the way young adults earn, manage, invest and spend money.
The U.S. Treasury Office of Financial Education works to promote access to financial education tools that can help all Americans make wiser choices in all areas of personal financial management.
For Educators and Professionals
The Counselors and Mentors Handbook on Federal Student Aid is available from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).
The National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) foundation dedicated to helping all Americans acquire the information and gain the skills necessary to take control of their personal finances.
Colorado Council on Economic Education exists to promote and improve economic literacy in Colorado's schools through enhancing the knowledge of teachers.
Financial Aid Nights and Counselor Materials — The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has developed materials for financial aid administrators, high school counselors and other interested parties to use when planning financial aid night presentations.
Colorado Association of Financial Aid Administrators (CAFAA) is a primary source in Colorado for information and guidance regarding financing student higher education.
Colorado Commission on Higher Education provides access to financial aid policy and budget parameters.
The Colorado Jump$tart Coalition is a nonprofit organization with more than 25 organizations and individuals representing business, government and education throughout the state of Colorado joined together to improve the personal financial literacy of Colorado youth.
Young American Center for Financial Education is home to Young Americans Bank and an array of award-winning nonprofit programs, all designed to teach young people 21 and under about finance, economics and business.