- FAFSA (https://www.fafsa.ed.gov)
- FAFSA is the application used by nearly all colleges and universities to determine eligibility for federal, state, and college-sponsored financial assistance, including grants, educational loans, and work-study programs.
- FSA ID (https://fsaid.ed.gov)
- You can electronically sign your FAFSA form online by registering for an FSA ID.
- Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) (http://www.mhec.maryland.gov/)
- The State has an extensive array of financial assistance programs in the form of grants, scholarships and other awards for students.
- College Board/CSS Profile (https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/)
- Many private colleges and universities use the information collected on PROFILE to help them award nonfederal student assistance funds.
- Finaid.org (http://www.finaid.org)
- “The smartstudent guide to financial assistance”
- Federal Student Assistance (http://studentaid.ed.gov/home)
- The official student gateway to federal financial assistance, including eligibility, application, repayment, and more — plus self-service tools to help you prepare, choose, and apply for college, from the US Department of Education.
- Navigator (http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/)
- IPEDS gathers information from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in the federal student financial assistance programs.
- College Confidential (http://www.collegeconfidential.com/)
- Find hundreds of pages of articles about choosing a college, getting into the college you want, how to pay for it, and much more.
- Maryland Prepaid College Trust (http://www.collegesavingsmd.org/)
- The College Savings Plans of Maryland is the easy, affordable and smart way to save for your child’s education at nearly any college in the nation.