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Are you a student that receives the Federal Perkins Loan?  If yes, read carefully! The Federal Perkins Loan program is scheduled to end on September 30, 2017 and all fall disbursements must happen prior to …

Are you a student that receives the Federal Pell Grant?  If yes, read carefully! Your Federal Pell Grant is scheduled to disburse to your tuition account on our standard timeline – about 10 days before …

We have recently been made aware of various financial aid-related communications going out to UW-Madison students that are either misleading or a scam. FIRST. There are some private organizations that aren’t affiliated with UW-Madison that may …

The Office of Student Financial Aid has come into the age of social media and joined both Twitter and Facebook!  Two more excellent online resources for students and their families. Follow us!!  www.facebook.com/UWMadFinAid www.twitter.com/UWMad_FinAid

UW-Madison has teamed up with Salt, a program created by the nonprofit organization American Student Assistance, to help students become more financially savvy.  The program is provided to UW-Madison students (prospective, current, and alumni) for …

To protect sensitive taxpayer data, the IRS and FSA announced today the Data Retrieval Tool on fafsa.gov and StudentLoans.gov will be unavailable until extra security protections can be added. While they are working to resolve …

On March 8, students from across campus took a minute to write thank-you cards to Badger alumni donors, letting them know that every gift matters. See these grateful students in action.

Colleges and universities — and those who go there — are often the targets of email and phone scams by people trying to take your money. This is especially true during tax season. A recent …

Despite national worries over student debt the last few years, 53.4 percent of UW-Madison’s 2015-‘16 undergraduate class graduated without student debt—a 3 percent increase from the year before, according to a report from the Office …