Financial Aid

Tuition Management Systems, LLC (TMS), a provider of education payment solutions for higher education and private K-12 schools, is excited to introduce its newest product addition - the Refund and Disbursement Management Solution (“TMS Refund Solution”). This new product expands the current roster of services that TMS has provided to the education industry for over 25 years, which include affordability counseling, comprehensive billing services, payment plans, funds disbursement, and payment processing.

President says rate could double if Congress fails to act

Despite signs that Washington state's economy is improving, finding money to send children to college is still becoming more difficult.

Gov. Rick Snyder said he's glad President Obama is focusing on controlling spiraling college tuition and hinted that public universities could soon have state aid increases tied to meeting goals.

The infamous pepper-spray incident at UC Davis in November brought a lot of negative attention to the campus.

College freshmen entering school last fall were less likely to attend their first choice of college, a function of both competition and cost, than at any other time since 1974, and fewer received financial aid through grants or scholarships, according to an annual survey of nearly 204,000 high school students.

The most popular specialty car license plate in Washington just went crimson.

Virginia’s active-duty military students may obtain college credit for their service and priority in registering for classes under two bills that advanced in the General Assembly today.

The University of the South, a liberal arts college also known as Sewanee, announced Tuesday that it would guarantee a four-year rate of tuition, room and board for the class entering the university next fall. Sewanee’s board of regents set the annual tuition and fees for incoming students at $44,630, and it should hold steady through the Spring 2016 semesters for students starting in 2012, the university said.