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Our goal is to help students make informed decisions about college.
CollegeData, a free online college advisory service, has been provided by 1st Financial Bank USA (1FBUSA) for over 20 years. 1FBUSA wants to help you make the best decisions possible and be your bank of choice to support you as you transition to and through college. To learn more about 1FBUSA’s Student Credit Card:
CollegeData, a free online college advisory service, has been provided by 1st Financial Bank USA (1FBUSA) for over 20 years. 1FBUSA wants to help you make the best decisions possible and be your bank of choice to support you as you transition to and through college. To learn more about 1FBUSA’s Student Credit Card:
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Next, you’ll want to generate your College List. It’s wise to develop a list that includes reach, target, and safety schools. Use College Chances– our college admissions calculator - to estimate your chances of admissions at any of the 2,000+ colleges listed on CollegeData. Use Admissions Tracker to see who got in where and how you compare against other applicants.
Wondering how to pay for college? An important consideration in choosing a college is affordability. Use CollegeData’s EFC Calculator to find out how much financial aid you would likely receive if you were to attend a particular college. Then use our Net Price Calculator to get an estimate of your true out-of-pocket cost to attend any college based on the college’s cost of attendance, your financial aid eligibility, and recent financial aid awards at the college.
If you’re shocked by the cost of college, remember that scholarships and financial aid can make college more affordable. Use our Scholarship Finder to explore over 595,000 scholarships. Find the scholarships that might be looking for students with academic qualifications, interests, and personal characteristics like yours.
Finally, track how much financial aid colleges awarded to students like you using our Financial Aid Tracker. Then, once you’ve received your financial aid offers, use Compare Awards to determine the best financial aid package.
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“CollegeData is a wonderful tool for upcoming seniors (and other high school students) who are on the road towards higher education. Consisting of easy-to-understand informational guides and email newsletters that can make even the most confused applicant be enlightened, CollegeData lives up to its name of being “your online college advisor.” CollegeData also has various useful applications, like admissions tracker, EFC calculator, and scholarship finder to make financial aid and “the money factor” much easier to analyze and compare. The organization provided me with the resources to make the journey a much organized one. Thank you.”
“The first experience I had with CollegeData was an article about taking a gap year. Up to this point, I hadn’t really been thinking too hard about my future after high school, and the article introduced me to some alternative options for post high school planning. I later used the resources available to track admissions chances of my college list as well as comparing financial aid once I got some acceptances. All of the other email articles I received were also useful, especially in how they helped me to think for myself about my own situation and decide what I really wanted. There are certainly other features I didn’t make use of very much that may be helpful, but those were the ones that stood out to me the most as great tools.”
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EFC Calculator
Net Price Calculator
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