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Financial Aid & Scholarships

A Guide to College Grants

College is expensive, of that there is no doubt. Currently, 43.5 million borrowers have federal student loan debt, and the average student loan debt balance is nearly $40,000. Upon graduation, students will find it difficult to make monthly loan payments …

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Virtual Student Network Groups: for M.J. Foster Recipients

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LCTCS, LDOE Announce Next Round of $1,000 Statewide Construction Scholarship for Jump Start Graduates

BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS), Louisiana Construction Education Foundation (LCEF), and the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) announced applications for the Jump Start Construction Connect Scholars program are now available. This scholarship …
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Resources

Sallie Mae College Planning Calculator

Make a solid plan to pay for college

This easy-to-use college planning calculator helps you search for college costs and …

Sallie Mae Scholarship Search: Find scholarships

Scholarship Search is the free way to get access to more than 6 million college scholarships worth up to $30 …

Louisiana GO Grant

The purpose of this program is to provide a need-based component to the state’s financial aid plan to support nontraditional …