U.S. Department of Education (http://studentaid.ed.gov)
The Federal Student Aid programs are the largest source of student aid in America, providing over $60 billion a year in grants, loans and work-study assistance. Here you'll find help for every stage of the financial aid process, whether you're in or out of school.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (http://www.collegefortexans.com/)
Provided by the state of Texas for up-to-date, easy-to-follow information on preparing for college, selecting a college, paying for college, making your way through college and choosing a career.
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation (http://www.adventuresineducation.org)
Texas Guaranteed (TG) provides Adventures In Education (AIE) to help parents and students prepare for higher education. AIE also provides a section for high school and college counselors.
The Financial Aid Information Page (http://www.finaid.org/)
FinAid was established in the fall of 1994 as a public service. This site has grown into one of the most comprehensive annotated collections of information about student financial aid on the Web.
Careers and Colleges (http://careersandcolleges.com)
Search the scholarship database for 1.7-plus million scholarships and college grants worth more than $7 billion.
FastWeb Scholarship Search (http://www.fastweb.com/)
FastWeb lets you create a personalized profile that can be matched against its expansive database of colleges and scholarships. As the oldest and most popular free online scholarship matching service, the database has more than 1.3 million scholarships totaling more than $3 billion. FastWeb also notifies you when new scholarships are added and application deadlines are approaching.
College Board Scholarship Search (http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp)
Find scholarships, loans, internships and other financial aid programs from noncollege sources to match your education level, talents and background. Free Scholarship Search will find potential opportunities from a database of more than 2,000 undergraduate scholarships, internships and loan programs.
Thompson Peterson's College Information Service (http://iiswinprd03.petersons.com/finaid/)
This financial aid database of nearly $5 billion of scholarships and grants is fully searchable on the Web and available in printed guides.
Sallie Mae/College Answer
(http://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/scholarship_search/pay_scholarship_search.jsp)
Register on this site to take advantage of a free scholarship search. Searching provides access to an awards database featuring more than 2.4 million scholarships worth more than $15 billion.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund (http://www.hsf.net)
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is the largest Hispanic scholarship-granting organization in the nation. HSF recognizes and rewards outstanding Hispanic students in higher education throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Founded in 1975, HSF has awarded nearly 54,000 scholarships totaling more than $89 million.
United Negro College Fund (http://www.uncf.org/scholarship/index.asp)
The United Negro College Fund awards scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students. Information on these scholarships and faculty fellowship grants are provided on this site for review. You can search for UNCF scholarships alphabetically, geographically and by discipline or major.
FreeScholarshipSearch (http://www.freschinfo.com/)
FreeScholarshipSearch (FreSch!) has a database of more than 2,000 organizations and foundations that offer scholarships, representing approximately 169,000 awards.
CareerOneStop (http://www.careeronestop.org/)
CareerOneStop is a collection of electronic tools, operating as a federal-state partnership and funded by grants to states. Each tool offers a unique solution to the overwhelming demands of today’s labor market from the perspective of the job seeker, the employer and the public workforce community.
College Scholarships (http://www.college-scholarships.com)
This site offers information about the criteria to qualify for hundreds of college scholarships. It also lets you download the financial aid form necessary to determine your eligibility for need-based college scholarships and financial aid; has links to free college scholarship searches; and features information about athletic scholarships and grants.
Scholarships for Online Degrees (http://online-degrees-and-scholarships.com/scholarships_financialaid.htm)
Visit this site for information about scholarships and financial aid, student loans, student loan consolidation, accreditation and other subjects of interest to students who want to learn more about online degrees, distance learning and online education.