College Financial Aid Resources for Every State
Part One in a series for all 34 U.S. States with a D3 school
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Today we’re bringing you more D3 focused college financial aid resources. In particular, we’ll be exploring options to help make college affordable in 7 of the 34 states that have D3 schools - starting with Arkansas and ending with Illinois.
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Now, time to talk D3 college financial aid…
Our Goal: Help you find ways to save money so you do not have to pay full tuition to attend a D3 college or university. Here’s how we broke this post down:
Each state’s best resource for finding Federal/State aid 💰
A deep dive on one D3 school’s financial aid offerings per state
We’ll do the remaining states over the next few weeks!
Here are some helpful college scholarship and financial aid definitions 🎓
College Financial Aid Options by State
Alabama
Twitter: @ACHE_EDU
ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIPS
The CollegeCounts Scholarship can provide up to $4,000 to Alabama high school students who demonstrate a financial need and are planning to attend an Alabama college. Minimum GPA is 2.75 and must be from AL.
HUNTINGDON COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID
Huntingdon clearly lays out requirements for their merit and honors scholarships on their financial aid website. They even have a $12.5k grant called the “River Region Award” for students that live within 45 minutes of campus.
See below for a preview of what it takes to get one of their four academic scholarships - three are “full-ride” scholarships!
Arkansas
Twitter: @ArkHigherEd
ARKANSAS SCHOLARSHIPS
Arkansas’ state website has a ton of free resources for students, including a “How to Pay for College” guide and a scholarship search tool.
The state of Arkansas has six scholarships open to HS Seniors including the Governor’s Distinguished Scholarship (32 ACT or 1410 SAT & a 3.50 GPA) which pays tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board up to $10,000 per year. Note: Students must complete FAFSA in order to be eligible.
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