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 January 15, 2021 for the 2021-22 school year
• Apply for a FSA ID
• Minnesota Residents: File for reciprocity benefits to reduce non-resident tuition.

Important Information - UW-Superior Financial Aid 

Self-Service Information - Information on how to electronically accept or decline financial aid.

Student Employment - Opportunities found in a majority of offices/departments on campus, which vary in degree of difficulty and wage rate 

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

• 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 several different 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 studentaid.gov 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, HESC/Edfinancial, Granie State - GSMR, and OSLA Servicing.

• 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