Resources

• U.S. Department of Education Student Guide to Financial Aid.
• Student Aid on the Web is your source for free information from the U.S. Department of Education on preparing for and funding education beyond high school.
• Student and parent information from the National Association for Student Financial Aid Administrators.
• FinAid: The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid.
• EdVest is Wisconsin's state sponsored college savings program.
• Wisconsin's Higher Educational Aids Board provides information on financial aid programs for Wisconsin residents.

Some sites are specifically for secondary students learning about going to college:

• KnowHow2GO is a site for learning about going to college
• FAFSA4caster is an early analysis tool regarding college affordability
• Preparing for College

• File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The UW-Superior school code is 003925. Our priority deadline is December 15, 2016 for the 2017-2018 school year.

Important Note: Please be aware that starting with the 2017-2018 school year, the FAFSA will be going under a great many changes.  One of these changes is going to be the availability of when a student can file a FAFSA. Necessarily, this will affect UWS' priority deadline date.  Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, UWS’ priority deadline date will be December 15, 2016.   Award notifications for the 2017-2018 year will be sent out sometime in February 2017.

• Apply for a FSA ID
• Minnesota Residents: File for reciprocity benefits to reduce non-resident tuition.

• UW-Superior Foundation Scholarships - for continuing students
• UW-Superior New Freshman Scholarships
• UW-Superior Financial Aid Scholarships
• UW-Superior's list of outside scholarships
• Other FREE scholarship search engines
• • Fastweb
  • College XPress
  • Collegeboard
  • CollegeNet

• If you are a first time borrower under the Direct Loan program, you must complete an electronic Master Promissory Note
• If you are a first time borrower under the Direct Loan program, you must complete Loan Entrance Counseling
• PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note for parents of a dependent student taking a Parent PLUS loan. 
• Direct Loans may be serviced by one of eight service centers. It is the goal of the Department of Education that all of your Direct Loans will have the same servicer. To find out who is servicing your loan(s), please log onto the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) and view the individual loan(s). Each will list the servicer with their customer service contact information. Customer Service Centers include Direct Loan Servicing, Great Lakes, Nelnet, Fedloan (PHEAA), Sallie Mae, CornerStone, ESA/Edfinancial, and MOHELA. 
• You may view your federal student loan history on the National Student Loan Data System
• When you leave UW-Superior, you will need to complete exit counseling for your Direct Loans
• Loan consolidation

• Navy
• Air Force
• Army
• Wisconsin National Guard
• Minnesota National Guard
• GI Bill®

• Americorps - register for Americorps payments online
• • Minnesota Math Corps - an AmeriCorps program that provides trained math tutors for MN students grades four through eight
  • Minnesota Reading Corps -an AmeriCorps program that provides trained literacy tutors for MN children age three to grade three
• Bureau of Indian Affairs - helping Native Americans explore financial aid programs
• Internal Revenue Service - information regarding higher education tax incentives
• PeaceCorps