Helping Texas Students and Families Prepare for College Affordability
Whether you're in middle school planning ahead or a high school student preparing to complete the FAFSA or TASFA, these trusted resources can help you understand college costs, find financial aid, and access scholarships.
1. Federal Student Aid
The official U.S. Department of Education website for understanding financial aid, grants, loans, work-study, and FAFSA preparation.
2. BigFuture: Pay for College
Explore college costs, scholarship opportunities, financial aid basics, and personalized college planning tools.
3. Texas OnCourse Financial Planning Resources
Provides Texas-specific lessons, tools, and guidance to help students and families prepare financially for college and career pathways. TEA highlights Texas OnCourse as a financial aid support resource.
4. FAFSA Application
The official application for federal financial aid. Completing the FAFSA helps students qualify for federal, state, and institutional aid opportunities.
5. Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA)
For eligible Texas students who cannot complete the FAFSA but may qualify for state and institutional financial aid. Includes English and Spanish resources.
6. My Texas Future: FAFSA vs. TASFA
A student-friendly guide that helps families determine which financial aid application is right for them and what steps to take next. My Texas Future is a Texas planning hub recommended in your website resource planning.
7. uAspire Financial Aid Resources
Provides FAFSA checklists, financial aid calculators, award-letter comparison tools, and multilingual support resources. uAspire was identified as a key resource in the TxCAN website planning materials.
8. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Financial Aid Hub
Texas’ primary source for state financial aid information, grants, scholarships, and paying-for-college resources.
9. THECB State Grant & Loan Programs
Learn about TEXAS Grant, Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG), Texas Educational Opportunity Grant (TEOG), and other state-funded aid programs.
10. ContigoEd FAFSA/TASFA Resource Center
Texas-focused resources, completion campaigns, family outreach materials, FAFSA events, and advising supports.