Paying for College

Learn How To Plan For College Costs Efficiently
Paying for a college education can be one of the most stressful experiences a family can encounter, especially if there is more than one student in the family. College Professional Advisors helps families implement tax and financial strategies to master the college costs, including the financial aid system. Many times parents make mistakes of missing deadlines and providing wrong information that will ultimately cost them a lot of money.
The world of financial aid among other things includes grants, scholarships, student loans, and work study needs to be very well understood, since it is a very complex process. Parents must also learn how to maximize college scholarship money (Merit Aid) and understand how tax, financial aid, college costs strategies, and retirement strategies work together.
We will develop and help you implement a state-of-the-art college financial plan specifically for your child, since each case is different. We will also coach you through the entire process. Parents need to be aware that the financial aid process regardless of income or assets can be extremely stressful, confusing and complicated for any family. We are here to help.
One of the crucial ingredients in making college an affordable reality is to ensure that the associated costs are kept as low as possible, maximizing the efficiency of your college costs dollars all the way throughout the students college career. We have been working with families in the financial arena for over 40 years. Our professional firm has been helping students and parents through the admissions process during all this time. We understand what colleges are looking for, the forms, financial aid, student loans, cash flow, etc.The more knowledge the family has the less out of pocket money they will have to pay for college. There is money available for all families regardless of your income or assets levels. Parents must know their options in order to pay less for college. We will make families aware of the many different strategies that could help the reduce the out of pocket expense of a college education by helping them pay for college with potential tax deductible or tax free dollars.
We can help!
We are currently offering the following seminar:
How to Fund your Children's College Education

Financial Aid
There are literally billions of dollars available in both merit and need-based assistance. In order to receive most of it, however, the proper paperwork must be submitted correctly and on time. This can include, but is not limited to the FAFSA, CSS/Profile, Institutional forms, and Business/Farm Supplement. In order to get the most out of your awards there is a lot you would need to learn, especially if you have your own business or special situations. Many of these forms are considered longer and more complex than the federal tax forms. Similar to taxes, it often pays to have advice on how to lower your expenses, not to mention reduce the hassle and stress of this process.
Paying for college can be a challenge, but at College Professional Advisors, we are committed to finding solutions. Our planners specialize in helping parents and students determine how to most efficiently and inexpensively pay for college. We take a holistic approach to your financial picture and evaluate potential tax strategies, real estate strategies, trust strategies, and many other approaches. We don’t simply want you to pay for college, we want you to pay for college while maintaining your desired lifestyle and retirement plans. We understand the complex financial aid system and will help you make sense of it. Our knowledge allows us to connect families with little-known financial aid options that will make college affordable regardless of your financial situation.
Many families are overwhelmed with the financial pressures facing them as they send their children to college. We will allow you to relax and enjoy your family as we handle the details. Our cash flow solutions and our familiarity of little-used financial resources allow us to develop solutions for every family.

Families assume that because they have money available, they will be required to use it to pay for college. This simply isn’t the case. You may have the ability to pay for your child’s education but do you want to pay for it? Partnering with College Professional Advisors enables you to realize considerable savings during the course of your child’s college journey.
Did you know that the vast majority of families make mistakes while filling out paperwork relating to financial aid? As a result, they lose thousands of dollars on an annual basis. Don’t make the same mistake let us help you get the details right.