Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Financial Aid Shopping Sheet

Just as nutrition labels have attempted to make it easier to know which foods are healthier than others, a federal project called the Financial Aid Shopping Sheet is supposed to make it easier to know which colleges or universities will be more affordable than others.  The Sheet is a standard form that presents information about the costs of attending a particular institution and the options for paying those costs.  This page from the U.S. Department of Education provides some background on the Sheet and a list of the institutions that have adopted it: 

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/guid/aid-offer/index.html

A college education may be the most expensive thing you'll ever purchase, so educating yourself about the debt you'll be taking on might be a wise place to start.

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