LoanFinder provides Financial Aid basics along with tools to help students and parents research and compare student loan programs.

The Project On Student Debt is a project of The Institute for College Access & Success.

The web site contains many interesting reports and articles pertaining to student debt.

Mapping Your Future is a national collaborative, public-service, nonprofit organization providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy services. The site is sponsored by student loan guaranty agencies – many of which are nonprofit or state agencies – from around the country. Mapping Your Future is also supported by other organizations including charitable foundations.

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) is an association of over 3,000 colleges, universities, career schools, and others with an interest in student financial aid. NASFAA does NOT provide financial aid to students.

The NASFAA web site contains some of the more helpful financial aid guidance on the Web as well as other valuable programs and resources including:

• College Goal Sunday is a free program that helps students and parents complete the universally required FAFSA financial aid application form. One day each year, traditionally a week or two after Super Bowl Sunday, qualified volunteers (including college financial aid administrators) fan out to selected community sites across a state to help families fill out the FAFSA.
•  Cash for College is an online brochure that offers basic facts on the student aid programs and application procedures. Cash for College is updated as the programs change, usually once a year.
•  Parent and Student Guide to Federal Tax Benefits for Tuition and Fees provides guidance to help explain two tax credits offering federal income tax relief for college expenses--the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit and the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit--as well as available tax deductions for tuition and fees.
•  Becoming Credit-Wise: What Students Should Know is an article that was published in NASFAA's Student Aid Transcript magazine. 
•  FSA Student Aid on the Web Home Page offers help for various steps in the financial aid process.

Federal Student Aid for College or Career School - The U.S. Department of Education provides grants, loans, and work-study opportunities to eligible students attending participating colleges or career schools. The Department is the source of nearly 70 percent of all student aid awarded in the U.S. each year. The vast majority of the Department's aid is not based on academic merit. For further information and an online application, visit the Department's Web site. Alternatively, you may call the Federal Student Aid Information Center toll free: 1-800-4-FED-AID

The EFC Calculator, provided by The College Board, helps students and their families estimate the amount they will be expected to contribute to the cost of college to the extent that they are in a position to do so.

The Expected Family Contribution (EFC) Calculator can help you gain insight into your eligibility for financial aid.

FinancialAidLetter.com is an excellent resource to help students and parents decode financial aid letters.
The website was developed by Kim Clark and Peter Jaegersen under the auspices of Ohio State University's Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs and was designed for informational purposes.
Kim Clark, a senior writer for US News & World Report, and a Kiplinger Fellow at Ohio State University has many years experience researching and writing about college financial aid.

The National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs (NASSGAP) site provides excellent information about student grant and financial aid programs available to students in all states.
The site provides links to State Grant Agency web sites and other useful and interesting resources.