The Money Timeline: Meet These Milestones to Maximize Your Financial Aid
To successfully navigate the financial aid timeline, start as early as you can – almost a full year…
7 Expert Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Financial Aid Office
Expert alert! We spoke to Jeff Scofield, Director of Student Financial Services at Seattle University, on the topic…
The True Costs of College (and How to Lower Them)
Once you know your way around the lingo and understand the bigger picture, it’ll be easy to evaluate costs.
How to Decode Financial Aid Award Letters
You would think they’re a standard thing, but the way that schools communicate your aid package is all over the place.
Lending Glossary: A Cheat Sheet For First Time Borrowers
To help flatten the learning curve, we put together this “Cheat Sheet” for first time borrowers that breaks down important topics and defines key terms.
How Much Is Too Much? Setting Your Own Max Loan Limit
We asked our own Jeannie Tarkenton, founder and CEO of Funding U, to help students frame the question so they could comfortably set their own limits. How much student debt is reasonable?
A State-By-State Breakdown of Financial Aid Resources
Wherever you live, we've got you covered.
How to Pay for College: Funding U’s Ultimate Checklist
Follow this framework to wrap your arms around funding your education.
A Future Nurse Uses Funding U to Make Her Dreams Come True
Double the financial trouble for two twin sisters in need of gap funding.
Working Your Way Through College: Myth or Reality?
Does working full time make studying a part time gig?