College Financing

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Access Group - Provides student loans and financial aid services.

Alliance Capital - Offers a program for planning and saving for college tuition.

AMEDF Alliance for College Access and Success - Trains professional advisors to help families with college planning and financing and places advisers into service in communities where the AMEDF operates

ASAP/Union Bank & Trust Co. - Provides college financing programs and other financial services.

Astrive - Offers private loans to students that are enrolled at least “half-time” in an eligible degree or certificate program. Repayment options include immediate, interest-only, and deferred.

Bank of America - Students can select loans and specific options via state. Includes federal, private, consolidation, “TERI”, and an “Education Maximizer” loan.

Beat Tuition - Information on funding college expenses, including how to get a grant using a FAFSA. Student loan types explained, as well as information covering a variety of financial aid subjects.

Borrowsmart Trust - Offers an array of products and services to help parents pay for the education of their dependent children.

Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation - A full service lender providing private as well as Federal student and parent loans.

Campus Door - Offers private student loans. Lender is Lehman Brothers Bank.

Chase - Offers student loan information and consolidation services.

Chela Education Financing - Offers students private and federal student loans, as well as scholarships and a scholarship search database. Also offers federal PLUS loans for parents.

Citibank Student Loans - Lender offers financial aid, grant and scholarship information.

College Financial Services, Inc. - Offers scholarship searches, SAT testing dates and financial planning.

The College Financing Guide - Discusses financial planning for college, including estimating college costs, evaluating savings programs and analyzing sources for financial aid.

College Foundation, Inc. - The central loan originator and servicer for North Carolina's Federal Family Education Loan program.

College Loan Corporation - Offers a tutorial explaining the financial aid process.

College Planning Experts, LLC - Offers college planning services including paying for college and financial planning advice. Located in Virginia.

College Savings Bank - Offers section 529 college savings plans and IRAs for college.

Collegiate Funding Group - Resource guide for college financial aid information and assistance.

Collegiate Funding Services - Offers a program to consolidate Federal student loans.

CSLF - Student Loan Foundation - A US national provider of higher education loans.

EDFED - Offering student loans, federal student loan consolidation, scholarships, and educational resources.

EdFund - A non-profit corporation providing financial information and services to students seeking higher education.

Ed-Invest - site lets you consolidate and borrow student loans.

Edsouth - Provides support services and educational loan programs for students and parents.

EduCap Inc. - Provides private education loans and consolidation.

Education Finance Partners - Offers private student loans to pay for any education-related expense, and private consolidation loans.

Education One - Private, alternative student loans for education related expenses for K-12, College, Graduate school, Professional training, Non-Traditional, and Continuing Education students.

Education Services Foundation - Provides financial aid consulting to students, schools and lenders.

Educational Funding Services, Inc. - A full service education lender providing a complete range of federal loans.

Educational Services of America, Inc. - Non-profit corporation partnering with schools, lenders and secondary markets to provide student loan services for students and families.

EduOption - An electronic option contract giving the purchaser the right but not the obligation to pay for a fixed education cost in the future. EduOption's system determines the cost of this option and originates the contract with the seller to the purchaser.

FinAid - A resource of college financial aid information.

Great Lakes Higher Education Corp - Offers schools, lenders and students loan origination and servicing.

International Education Finance Corporation - Offers loans to international students in US colleges and US students studying abroad.

Internet Student Loans Company - Information and applications for college financial aid and loans.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Student Loan Division - Provides private, federal, and education loans for parents of K-12 and college students. On-line application, product information, and branch locations.

The Lagrant Foundation - Provides scholarships, educational support and career advisement for minorities.

Medfunds - Offers financing programs for healthcare students of many disciplines including medicine, dentistry and veterinary.

My Rich Uncle - Alternative gap-financing for college students.

National Education Loan Network - Provides schools and borrowers with materials relating to the many aspects of educational finance, many of which harness the power of the Internet to streamline the student loan process.

National Student Loan Data System - The U.S. Department of Education's central database for student aid.

Nellie Mae - Offers federal and private education loans through direct originations.

Nelnet, Inc. - Provides a full range of federal and private education loans and valuable resources for student and graduates.

NorthStar Total Higher Education - A non-profit organization offering a variety of federal and private student loan packages.

Northwest Education Loan Association - Provides student loan guarantee and support services to schools and students throughout the West.

PLATO - Information on scholarships as well as private and federal student loans.

PNC Bank - Offers Federal Stafford, PLUS and consolidation as well as private alternative loans.

Private Student Loan Marketplace - A people-to-people lending marketplace for low-cost private student loans.

Sallie Mae - Provides federal and private student loans, including consolidation loans, for undergraduate and graduate college students and their parents.

SavingForCollege.com - Offers independent information on section 529 college savings plans.

Scholarship Program Administrators, Inc. - Administers scholarship programs for businesses, trusts, and organizations.

Simple Tuition - Student loans, including federal loans, private loans and consolidation loans, includes a comparison feature

Smart Funds - Provides various methods for students to pay for higher education.

Smartmoney.com: College Planning - Worksheets and articles about 529 plans, investing for college, and financial aid.

Smith - Warren Financial Services, Inc. - Provides help for parents and students in funding college and locating both need and non-need based financial aid.

529 Solutions - Offers section 529 pre-paid tuition savings plans.

South Carolina Student Loan - Offers affordable loans to compliment SC Tuition Grants, SC Lottery Tuition Assistance, SC Palmetto Fellows, SC LIFE, and SC HOPE scholarships to South Carolinians

Southwest Student Services - Provides education funding and financial aid information.

SRN Express - Free web version of the Scholarship Resource Network (SRN) database. Contains listings of scholarships, fellowships, and grants for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral education.

Student Assistance Foundation - Provides student loans, loan consolidation and federal parent plus loans.

Student Finance Domain - Provides information about student loans, financial aid and money management.

Student Lending Corporation - Offers programs to consolidate Federal and Private student loans.

Student Loan Counseling Service, Inc. - Provides free services to student loan borrowers with a mission to help borrowers stay out of default and successfully repay their loans.

Student Loan Finance Association - Offers a variety of products to help make education affordable.

Student Loan Finance Corporation - Source for educational financing and student loans. Information about and online application for Stafford, PLUS and private loans for students and parents.

Student Loan Financial Group - Provides student loan consolidation as well as new loans.

Student Loan Funding Resources - Provides college financing services and a guide to financial aid.

Student Loans of North Dakota - Offers a variety of loan programs to help students and parents finance the costs of higher education.

Student Loans Source - Blog style site with articles on paying off student loans.

Student Market - Provides information on federal stafford and federal plus student loans.

Sun Trust Banks, Inc. - Offers over 30 years experience in education lending and financial aid advice.

Think Financial - Offers private student loans, including an online application.

TIYM Publishing - Allows visitors to search for scholastic financial aid.

Tuition Management Systems - Programs to help families afford education.

UPromise, Inc. - Savings network for parents to save money for their children's college education.

Wachovia Education Loans - Information on admissions, scholarships, and financial aid. The student loan division of Wachovia.)

Wells Fargo Student Loans and Banking - Undergraduate and graduate loans, as well as repayment options and banking services for students.

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program - The US Department of Education's lending arm for students in participating schools and student loan consolidation.