Few scholarships, big student loans: Why colleges that serve poor students often cost more


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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ty-of-wisconsin-madison-milwaukee/4754913002/

They were not promising. Ward had already received all the federal grant money she could get. The roughly $1.4 million in need-based financial aid the school can distribute among its nearly 25,000 undergraduates was long gone. So too was nearly all of the roughly $5.4 million in scholarships, most of which had at least some academic requirements attached. Still, Ward watched attentively as she was shown how to use the school’s scholarship portal and how to find information on private loan providers once she maxed out her federal ones.

That reality is very different about 90 minutes to the west, at the state’s flagship school, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The college, its academics and athletics ranked high nationally, is the dream school for many in Wisconsin – considered a place for high-achieving students from inside and outside the state. And for those who enroll, UW-Madison can be relatively affordable. The college gives out $71 million in grants to students with need — more than 10 times what UW-Milwaukee is able to provide.
 
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