Financial Aid

 

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Quick Reference

Why go to college?

Education Attained

Yearly Earnings (2005)

Some high-school, no diploma

$21,268

 

High school graduate

 

$30,316

 

Some college, no degree

 

$33,956

 

Associates Degree (2 years)

 

$36,348

 

Bachelor’s Degree (4 Years)

 

$48,724

 

Master’s Degree (4+2 years)

 

$58,708

 

Doctoral Degree (4+2+4 years)

 

$73,892


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               How do I start?                  

Getting admitted by completing the A-G requirements

A. 4 years of college preparatory English

B. 3 years of mathematics

C. 2 years of history or social science

D. 2 years of Laboratory science

E. 2 years of foreign language (in same language)

F. 1 year of the same art (visual or performing)                        

G. 1 year of electives

Take ACT or SAT

Apply on www.csumentor.edu/

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How do I pay for college?

Financial Aid:   

     Scholarships  ---------- Free

    Grants   ----------------- Free               

     Federal Work-Study

     Loans

Apply for financial aid at:     

        www.fafsa.ed.gov

Look for scholarships at:     

           www.salliemae.com

         www.gmsp.org

         www.fastweb.com

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Information courtesy of Lindsay Ritchie from CSUSM Financial Aid Department

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