Non-Xavier Assistance
Although many students get most of their financial aid through Xavier, there are many other resources in which students can search for other types of financial assistance. We have compiled the list below of links that we have found to be useful to many families.
Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation
Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation (CSF) is an organization that offers scholarships for residents of Greater Cincinnati. Applications can be downloaded from their web site.
College Scholarship Service
Sponsored by the College Board Association, this site helps locate scholarships, loans, internships, and other financial aid programs from non-college sources that match education level, talents, and background. A student-provided profile is matched against a database of 2,000 financial aid opportunities.
Edu
Sponsored by US News and World Report, this site provides an article index, best values schools, scholarship search, award comparisons, college cost prediction, loan repayment calculator, deciphering your award letter, ask advisers, federal aid, and newsletter.
FAFSA® Form | Federal Student Aid
U.S. Department of Education's website for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Federal Student Aid Estimator
A Federal Student Aid tool for students, parents, and college access professionals who want to get an early estimate of what aid may be available to a student considering college.
Fastweb
A free financial aid and scholarship search engine for parents, students, and providers. Search for scholarships based on many criteria.
FinAid
A comprehensive website for students, parents, administrators, and educators. Includes a list of private lenders, loans, scholarships, military aid, applications, ask the aid advisor, calculators, newsletter, and search engine.
StudentAid.gov
U.S. Department of Education's website for financial aid. Includes funding your education, student guide, tax cuts, recognized accrediting agencies, closed school information, looking for financial aid, state information, other federal sources, and Access America.
Private College 529 Plan
Xavier University is a member of Private College 529 Plan. Private College 529 Plan allows you to prepay tuition today that your child can later use at any member college. It provides a guarantee against tuition inflation, and the flexibility to choose from some of the nations top colleges. Private College 529 Plan has no start-up fees, no maintenance fees, and no annual fees and is free from federal taxes.
IRS - Get Your Tax Record
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service's website of online forms, instructions, and other publications.
OhioHigherEd - Department of Higher Education
Everything you need to prepare for, search for and pay for college in Ohio.