financial aid
noun
US
: money that is given or lent to students in order to help pay for their education
She qualified for financial aid.
Examples of financial aid in a Sentence
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Those forms are set to be reprocessed, the agency said, but a looming May 1 decision deadline for many colleges means that some financial aid offers might not reach students in time.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Phillips says other financial aid administrators in the California State University system, the largest in the country, have decided to do the same thing.
—Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
Some of the money will fund specific priorities, such as academic advising, financial aid and faculty hiring in high-demand programs.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
Vanderbilt provides discounts, too, and its financial aid is extraordinarily generous.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Prospective students of the Grand Junction school input their information and receive a financial aid tuition award from the school.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Cardona is asking governors to extend their statewide financial aid deadlines beyond the beginning of May after the department said this week that students would not be able to make corrections to their FAFSA forms until the first half of April.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Most receive some form of financial aid or scholarship, but the out of pocket costs are still above that of the average American annual salary.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
But as the files began flowing in two weeks ago, the university’s director of financial aid was alarmed.
—Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
Phillips says other financial aid administrators in the California State University system, the largest in the country, have decided to do the same thing.
—Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
Some of the money will fund specific priorities, such as academic advising, financial aid and faculty hiring in high-demand programs.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
Vanderbilt provides discounts, too, and its financial aid is extraordinarily generous.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Prospective students of the Grand Junction school input their information and receive a financial aid tuition award from the school.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Cardona is asking governors to extend their statewide financial aid deadlines beyond the beginning of May after the department said this week that students would not be able to make corrections to their FAFSA forms until the first half of April.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Most receive some form of financial aid or scholarship, but the out of pocket costs are still above that of the average American annual salary.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
But as the files began flowing in two weeks ago, the university’s director of financial aid was alarmed.
—Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Financial aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/financial%20aid. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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