Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The Pell Grant

The FAFSA contains an application for the Pell Grant, the government's biggest financial aid program. Each year, the government gives out $29 billion to around five million students to help them pay for college tuition using Pell Grants, and the bulk of that cash goes to families who earn less than $30,000 per year. The Pell Grant isn't intended to help everyone pay for college; only students from families with low incomes. In fact, even qualified applicants only receive about $2,600, which doesn't go very far in filling the college tuition gap.

So if you find that you don't qualify for a Pell Grant, don't sweat it. There's a basket-full of other methods that you can use to find the money you need-and as a Certified College Funding Representative, we'll help you find them.

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