Many families simply can't afford to pay tuition. Yet an increasing number of students are graduating -- or even walking away from college early -- under a staggering weight of student-loan debt.

Peterson's is a one-stop scholarship resource — not that we recommend this strategy — with a number of great (and free!) resources. The site boasts $10 billion in scholarship awards and has an ...

(MoneyWatch) A popular way to search for private college scholarships that charities, foundations and civic groups award is to turn to scholarship search engines. So just how effective are these ...

Scholarship search websites promise students access to millions of awards totaling billions in free money for college. All you need is an email address to use sites like Fastweb, Cappex and Unigo. But ...

Use free scholarship aggregator sites online. There is no need to pay for a service with so many free tools available. Step 1 Scholarship Search is a new site that offers free searches based on a wide ...

Although the websites below do not represent an exhaustive list, the search engines on this page can get you started in researching scholarship opportunities that may be available. In addition to any ...

Elisa Flores, a Latina senior at Waukegan High School in Illinois, is among the millions of high school students scavenging the internet for potential scholarships as she plans for college. The ...

A new online tool makes it easier for students to hunt for graduate-school scholarships—and there are a lot out there to find. Sallie Mae’s free Graduate School Scholarship Search tool can be used to ...

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The $3,000 their church raised for the college scholarships was nice, but Mychal and Nina Wynn thought it could do more. In 2007, the couple approached Turner Chapel AME Church senior pastor, the Rev.