Award Advisor - Louisiana Education Loan Authority

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Free app brings clarity to college financial aid decisions

Understanding the full cost of college can be a challenge. That’s why the Louisiana Education Loan Authority (Lela) is making the Award Advisor™ app available to Louisiana students, out-of-state students attending Louisiana institutions and their families.

Award Advisor is a free app for iPhone and Android that helps students and families make sense of often confusing financial aid letters and compare offers with confidence. The app was developed by the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) to help families more fully understand the cost of higher education and what they can truly afford.

Lela, Louisiana’s nonprofit resource for FAFSA completion and college access, is an Award Advisor Network Partner. Its mission is to help make college more affordable and accessible for Louisiana students and families, and the first step is good information. With Award Advisor, families can compare college offers side-by-side to better understand the true cost of high education.

Lela is an Award Advisor Partner Network lender but doesn’t play a role in the operation of the app.

Here’s how to use Award Advisor™:

Download the app onto your iPhone or Android device.
Register with basic information.
Add the colleges you’re considering
Upload your financial letters
Enter how much you or your family can contribute
See comparisons for the real cost of each school

Download Award Advisor™

Download Award Advisor for Apple iOS.

Download Award Advisor for Android.

To learn more about Award Advisor, visit: https://awardadvisor.org/

Watch a brief Award Advisor video to learn more. ▶️

A trusted resource

Award Advisor™ was designed by Lela partner and fellow nonprofit lender, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, which assists students in its state with grants, scholarships, 529 savings plans and low-cost student loans. The Award Advisor app allows students and families to explore nonprofit-only-loans, but it contains no traditional advertising. Its goal is simply to help students and families make better, more informed financial decisions about college.

What is Lela?

The Louisiana Education Loan Authority (Lela) is Louisiana’s nonprofit resource for free FAFSA completion assistance, college access and affordable financing and is a division of the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA), a nonprofit public trust established to bring financing assistance and advantages to the people of Louisiana. Since its inception, Lela has provided financing and outreach assistance to more than 465,000 Louisiana students and their families.

Have questions? Contact Lela: info@lela.org or 844-463-2372.