Web site offers Florida families one-stop shopping for college information

USA Funds launches Florida Wiredscholar

INDIANAPOLIS — USA Funds®, the nation's leading education-loan guarantor, and wiredscholar.com, the foremost online resource for "going-to-college" information, announce a new Web site that offers Florida families a single comprehensive source of information about planning and paying for college. Florida Wiredscholar combines college-planning information specific to Florida with Wiredscholar's comprehensive tools for college preparation and financing.

Florida Wiredscholar offers students and parents who are planning for higher education the following features:

  • Visitors can search a database of more than 2.4 million scholarships worth more than $14 billion.
  • Students and parents can research colleges, universities and career schools in Florida and across the country to learn about their admission standards, costs and available financial aid.
  • Families can learn about state resources for paying college costs, including the state-sponsored college-savings programs and grant and scholarship offerings.

"By visiting Florida Wiredscholar, students and parents can explore the wide range of higher-education opportunities offered in the state," said Carl C. Dalstrom, USA Funds president and CEO. "Florida Wiredscholar offers information to help students prepare academically and financially for higher education, explore career interests and options, and search for postsecondary-education programs."

Florida Wiredscholar contains step-by-step tutorials on the entire college-planning process, including how to apply for college, prepare for college and repay student loans. The site provides access to helpful college-planning tools, including a school-comparison tool, school-affordability analyzer, as well as a variety of interactive calculators and checklists.

Visitors to the site also can register to receive a free monthly college-planning newsletter through e-mail.

"As part of our commitment to supporting higher education in Florida, USA Funds is pleased to offer this college-planning resource at no cost to the state or its residents," Dalstrom said.