Illinois College-Private
Jacksonville, Illinois (Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL CSA)
1,097 (all undergraduate)
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5 Essential Illinois College Facts
5 Rules About Paying for College That Most Parents Don’t Know
(Updated for 2023) If you want to get any financial aid, you need to submit college financial aid applications such as the FAFSA and PROFILE. This is obviously a critical step: no application, no aid. But if you want to pay less for college, it certainly isn’t the first step.
The fact is that the FAFSA is just one of the final steps of many in paying for college. I’m not talking about the savings account you were going to set up for your kids when they were little but never got around to. What I’m talking about are the things you need to know before students even start applying to colleges. Before you even start making a college search list, much less worrying about completing the FAFSA, you should know the following five things about paying for college.
5 Essential Carthage College Facts
Carthage College-Private
Kenosha, Wisconsin (Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA)
3,961 (2,516 undergraduates)
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206 Men’s D1 Soccer Colleges
(See the list for 2023 at the bottom.) There are 206 NCAA D1 soccer colleges for men in the United States according to the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE). The NCAA allows colleges to offer a maximum of 9.9 scholarships for men’s D1 soccer teams which is less than the 12 allowed by the NAIA and the 18 for JuCo programs. Since Soccer is an equivalency sport, single scholarships can be divided among multiple players meaning few, if any, players will receive full-ride D1 scholarships.
5 Essential Wingate University Facts
Wingate University-Private
Wingate, North Carolina (Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CSA)
3,439 (2,483 undergraduates)
Does College Size Matter?
21 Schools to Avoid if You’re Making a List of Affordable Colleges
In case you haven’t heard, some colleges are more likely to provide you institutional scholarships and grants than others. Some are more generous with merit aid while others give better need-based aid. And just as some colleges are known for their aid, there are those that are known for the lack of it and shouldn’t be found anywhere near a list of affordable colleges. In this post, I’m listing 21 colleges that you should avoid if you’re looking for significant help in cutting the cost of college.
5 Essential La Salle University Facts
La Salle University-Private
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA)
4,043 (2,746 undergraduates)
Does College Size Matter?
303 NCAA D1 Softball Colleges
High school softball players looking to compete at the highest level in college will be targeting NCAA Division 1 colleges and universities. These schools offer the most scholarships and the most competitive level of play and is the second largest of the NCAA softball divisions. A list of all D1 softball colleges is at the end of the post.
5 Essential University of California-Davis College Facts
University of California-Davis -Public
Davis, California (Sacramento-Roseville, CA CSA)
40,050 (31,657 undergraduates)
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