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Additional Financial Aid Resources

  • 惭骋颁颁鈥檚 Educational Foundation offers scholarships to 91制片厂 students.
  • Local/Private Scholarships may also offer scholarships as an additional form of aid.
    • Check your local and regional organization for scholarships opportunities.
    • , a community foundation, administers a variety of scholarships to reward and assist capable and deserving students based on the criteria established by the fund donors
    • offers students the opportunity to apply for scholarships from $500 to $10,000. The VFCCE recognizes outstanding students of all ages and backgrounds.
  • Online may provide additional forms of aid.
  • VA benefits may be available to veterans. Please visit the website for the for detailed information regarding benefits.
  • Dislocated workers may qualify for the Dislocated Worker program.
  • 惭骋颁颁鈥檚 Business Office offers the option of .

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Private Loans

In order to apply for a federal student loan, you must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or . Federal loans are government loans and offer borrowers protections and alternative repayment options that private loans may not, such as income-based repayment and forgiveness programs. Federal student loans also have flat interest rates set by Congress, while the interest rate on a private student loan depends on your or your co-signer鈥檚 credit. You must apply for a private student loan through a bank, credit union or online lender.To help you with the decision-making process, explains the differences between federal and private loans.

Students choose to take out private loans when:

  • They have already borrowed the maximum subsidized and unsubsidized federal student loans.
  • They have good credit or a co-signer has good credit (most private student loans require a co-signer).
  • They are borrowing only what they need.

Here is a website that lists various private loan lenders:

Mountain Gateway Community College does not endorse any one private loan lender.

This site is managed by the US Department of Education and includes the following information:

  • School Code List
  • Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
  • Renewal FAFSA
  • Student Guide
  • Guide to Defaulted Loans

Additional sites managed by the US Department of Education

Additional web sites

  • (SCHEV) An online resource for students, parents and education personnel who are seeking information about federal and state financial aid.