Financial Aid

Financial Aid

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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

U.S. Department of Labor

2005

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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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