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Financial Aid Resources for College
Getting Ready to Continue Your Education After High School
Continuing Your Education - Preparing for College or Career School
Find tips and advice on getting ready for college or career school from Federal Student Aid. Features on this website can help you to start defining your goals and interests, understanding college costs, and planning financially and academically.
Whether you’re a student or parent, years away from college or just about to start, checklists from Federal Student Aid provide checklists to help you understand and master the steps central to applying for college admission and financial aid.
Mapping Your Future provides programs and initiatives to help people achieve financial wellness and lead successful lives. Find tips and activities to help students explore careers, prepare for college, manage money and pay for college.
General Online Financial Aid Resources
General Online Financial Aid Resources
Per the Federal Student Aid website:
- As of Aug. 30, 2018, FSA publications are no longer in print.
- FSA's current offering of publications and resources will continue to be available electronically.
Financial Aid Toolkit's resource page offers tools and resources (including electronic versions of publications) financial aid awareness and outreach to students and parents.
Electronic versions of publications, fact sheets, online tools, and other resources to help students prepare and pay for college or career school are available at StudentAid.gov/resources. StudentAid.gov is FSA's informational website for students, parents, and borrowers.
*Printed copies of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form will continue to be made available. Students and parents who do not have access to the internet can request a printed-out copy of the FAFSA PDF (in English, Spanish, or Braille) by calling 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243) or 334-523-2691 (TTY for the deaf or hard of hearing 1-800-730-8913). We will no longer provide bulk shipments of FAFSA forms to institutional customers (e.g., high schools and postsecondary schools).
Federal Loan Programs
Federal Loan Programs
Financial aid to help pay for college or career school is available from a variety of sources - including federal, state, school, and private sources. The Federal Student Aid website provides details on the types of aid offered by government, education, private and nonprofit entities.
Well-known loan programs include:
Federal Perkins Loans - This program provides low-interest loans to help needy students finance the costs of postsecondary education.
Direct PLUS Loans - Parents of dependent students may apply for a Direct PLUS Loan to help pay their child's education expenses as long as eligibility requirements are met. Graduate and professional students may apply for PLUS Loans for their own expenses.
Federal Grant Programs
Federal Grant Programs
Federal Pell Grant Program - Provides need-based grants to low-income graduate and certain postbaccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education. Grant amounts are dependent on student's expected family contribution, cost of attendance, enrollment status, and attendance during an academic year.
Federal Supplemental Education Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG) - This program provides need-based grants to low-income undergratuate students to promote access to postsecondary education. Priority is given to those students with "exceptional need", and those who are also Federal Pell Grant recipients.
NM Dept of Higher Education
New Mexico Department of Higher Education
NM Dept of Higher Education - The Financial Aid Division makes programs, including Legislative Lottery Scholarships, grants, loans and work-study opportunities, available to students in New Mexico. For general Financial Aid Division inquiries - call (800) 279-9777.
Financial Aid Contacts and Information - New Mexico Colleges & Universities
Financial Aid Offices for New Mexico Colleges and Universities
Central New Mexico Community College
Financial Aid and Scholarship Services
(505) 224-3090
Dine College
Financial Aid General Information
1228 Yucca St
PO Box 580
Shiprock, NM 87420
(505) 368-3511 / 3513
Eastern New Mexico University
Office of Financial Aid
ENMU Station 20
1500 Ave K
Portales, NM 88130
(575) 562-2194 | 1-800-FOR-ENMU (1-800-367-3668)
financial_aid@enmu.edu
Institute of American Indian Art
Student Success Center - Financial Aid
83 Avan Nu Po Road
Santa Fe, NM 87508-1300
(505) 4245724
New Mexico Highlands University
Financial Aid
Felix Martinez Building
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM 87701
(505) 454-3318 | 1-800-379-4038
New Mexico Junior College
Financial Aid
1 Thunderbird Circle
Hobbs, NM 88240
(575) 392-5172 | 1-800-657-6260
financialaid@nmjc.edu
New Mexico State University
Financial Aid and Scholarship Services
MSC 5100
New Mexico State University
PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
(575) 646-4105 | (877) 278-8586
finaid@nmsu.edu
New Mexico Tech
Financial Aid
Fidel Center, Second Floor
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801
(800) 428-8324 | (575) 835-5333
financial_aid@admin.nmt.edu
Northern New Mexico College
Financial Aid Home
921 N. Paseo de Onate
Espanola, NM 87532
Santa Fe Community College
Financial Aid Office
6401 Richards Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87508
(505) 428-1268
financialaid@afcc.edu
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI)
Financial Aid Office
9169 Coors Blvd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120
(505) 346-2361 | (505) 346-2344
University of New Mexico
Financial Aid Office
MSC11 6315
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-8900 | 1-800-CALLUNM (1-800-255-5866)
Western New Mexico University
Financial Aid
Western New Mexico University
PO Box 680
Silver City, NM 88062
(575) 538-6173
finaid@wnmu.edu
