scholarships

State awarded scholarships, college grants, and student loans

    Each state has a variety of college financial aid options. Many are open to residents only, but non-residents can benefit from some of these programs as well. State aid varies widely, but here are some of the possible benefits you might qualify for: tuition waivers resident fees for non-residents partial ride scholarships
housing assistance special aid programs for needed majors work study programs

     Here is a list of websites with state specific information. Some are links to the state departments of higher education, others link to websites dedicated to college financial aid programs for particular states. 

Alabama http://www.ache.state.al.us/
Alaska http://alaskadvantage.state.ak.us/page/308
Arizona http://www.azhighered.org/
Arkansas http://www.arkansashighered.com/
California http://www.csac.ca.gov/
Colorado http://highered.colorado.gov/dhedefault.html
Connecticut http://www.ctdhe.org/
Delaware http://www.doe.state.de.us/high-ed/
District of Columbia http://seo.dc.gov/main.shtm
Florida http://www.fldoe.org/students/financialaid.asp
Georgia http://www.gsfc.org/
Hawaii http://165.248.6.166/data/bulletin15/index.asp
Idaho http://www.sde.idaho.gov/
Illinois http://www.isbe.state.il.us/PBVS/html/financial_aid.htm
 Indiana http://www.ssaci.in.gov/
Iowa http://www.iowacollegeaid.org/
Kansas http://www.kansasregents.org/
Kentucky http://www.kheaa.com/
Louisiana http://www.osfa.state.la.us/
Maine http://www.famemaine.com/
Maryland http://www.mhec.state.md.us/
Massachusetts http://www.mass.edu/
Massachusetts http://www.osfa.mass.edu/
Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/mistudentaid/
Minnesota http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/
Mississippi http://www.mississippi.edu/riseupms/financialaid-state.php
Missouri http://www.dhe.mo.gov/
Montana http://www.mus.edu/
Nebraska http://www.ccpe.state.ne.us/PublicDoc/CCPE/Default.asp
Nevada http://system.nevada.edu/
New Hampshire http://www.state.nh.us/postsecondary/
New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/highereducation/index.htm
Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (New Jersey) http://www.hesaa.org/
New Mexico http://www.hed.state.nm.us/content.asp?CustComKey=194795&CategoryKey=371791&pn=Page&DomName=hed.state.nm.us
New York http://www.hesc.org/
North Carolina http://www.cfnc.org/
North Dakota http://www.ndus.edu/
Ohio http://www.regents.state.oh.us/sgs/
Oklahoma http://www.okhighered.org/
Oregon http://www.osac.state.or.us/
Oregon University System http://www.ous.edu/
Pennsylvania http://www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/higher/site/default.asp
Rhode Island http://www.riheaa.org/
Rhode Island Office of Higher Education http://www.ribghe.org/
South Carolina http://www.che.sc.gov/
South Dakota http://www.ris.sdbor.edu/
Tennessee http://www.state.tn.us/thec/
Texas http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/
Utah http://www.utahsbr.edu/
Vermont http://www.vsac.org/
Virginia http://www.schev.edu/
Washington http://www.hecb.wa.gov/
West Virginia http://www.hepc.wvnet.edu/
Wisconsin http://heab.state.wi.us/
Wyoming http://www.commission.wcc.edu/
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands http://www.nmcnet.edu/
Puerto Rico http://www.ces.gobierno.pr/