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State Higher Education Agencies
   

These agencies provide information on state education programs, colleges and universities, student aid assistance programs, grants, scholarships, continuing education programs and career opportunities. For updated information, you can search the U.S. Department of Education’s database at: www.ed.gov/Programs/bastmp/SHEA.htm (The URL is case-sensitive.)

You can contact agencies by calling the telephone numbers or by visiting the Web site listed below.

Alabama
Alabama Commission
on Higher Education
Phone: 1-800-960-7773
Web site: www.ache.state.al.us 		Alaska
Alaska Commission
Postsecondary Education
Toll-free: 1-800-441-2962
Web site:
www.alaskaadvantage.state.ak.us 		Arizona
Arizona Commission
Postsecondary Education
Phone: (602) 258-2435
Web site: www.azhighered.org
  
Arkansas
Arkansas Department
of Higher Education
Toll-free: 1-800-54-STUDY
Web site: www.arkansashighered.com 		California
California Student Aid Commission
Toll-free: 1-888-224-7268
Web site: www.csac.ca.gov 		Colorado
Colorado Commission
on Higher Education
Phone: (303) 866-2723
Web site: www.state.co.us/cche
  
Connecticut
Connecticut Department
of Higher Education
Phone: (860) 947-1855
Web site: www.ctdhe.org 		Delaware
Delaware Higher Education Commission
Toll-free: 1-800-292-7935
Web site:
www.doe.state.de.us/high-ed 		District of Columbia
State Education Office (District of Columbia)
Phone: (202) 727-6436
Web site: www.seo.dc.gov
  
Florida
Office of Student Financial Assistance,
Florida Department of Education
Toll-free: 1-888-827-2004
Web site:
www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org 		Georgia
Georgia Student Finance Commission
Toll-free: 1-800-505-4732
Web site: www.gsfc.org 		Hawaii
University of Hawaii System
Phone: (808) 956-8111
Web site: www.hawaii.edu/academics/ admissions/aid.html
  
Idaho
Idaho State Board of Education
Phone: (208) 334-1574
Web site: www.boardofed.idaho.gov/scholarships 		Illinois
Illinois Student Assistance Commission
Toll-free: 1-800-899-4722
Web site: www.collegezone.com 		Indiana
State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana
Toll-free: 1-888-528-4719
Web site: www.in.gov
  
Iowa
Iowa College Student Aid Commission
Toll-free: 1-800-383-4222
Web site: www.iowacollegeaid.org 		Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Phone: (785) 296-3421
Web site: www.kansasregents.org 		Kentucky
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
Toll-free: 1-800-928-8926
Web site: www.kheaa.com
  
Louisiana
Louisiana Office of Student
Financial Assistance
Toll-free: 1-800-259-5626
Web site: www.osfa.state.la.us 		Maine
Finance Authority of Maine
Toll-free: 1-800-228-3734
Web site: www.famemaine.com 		Maryland
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Toll-free: 1-800-974-1024
Web site: www.mhec.state.md.us
  
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
Phone: (617) 727-9420
Web site: www.osfa.mass.edu 		Michigan
Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority
Toll-free: 1-800-642-5626, ext. 37054
Web site:
www.michigan.gov/mistudentaid 		Minnesota
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Phone: (651) 642-0567
Toll-free: 1-800-657-3866
Web site: www.ohe.state.mn.us
  
Mississippi
Mississippi Office of
Student Financial Aid
Toll-free: 1-800-327-2980
Web site: www.ihl.state.ms.us 		Missouri
Missouri Department of Higher Education
Toll-free: 1-800-473-6757
Web site: www.dhe.mo.gov 		Montana
Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education
Phone: (406) 444-6570
Web site: www.oche.montana.edu
  
Nebraska
Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Phone: (402) 471-2847
Web site: www.ccpe.state.ne.us 		Nevada
Nevada Department of Education
Phone: (775) 687-9200
Web site: www.doe.nv.gov 		New Hampshire
New Hampshire Postsecondary Education Commission
Phone: (603) 271-2555
Web site: www.state.nh.us/postsecondary
  
New Jersey
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
Toll-free: 1-800-792-8670
Web site:
www.hesaa.org 		New Mexico
New Mexico Higher Education Department
Toll-free: 1-800-279-9777
Web site: www.hed.state.nm.us 		New York
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
Toll-free: 1-888-697-4372
Web site: www.hesc.org
  
North Carolina
NCollege Foundation of North Carolina
Toll-free: 1-866-866-2362
Web site: www.cfnc.org 		North Dakota
North Dakota University System
Phone: (701) 328-4114
Web site: www.ndus.edu 		Ohio
Board of Regents
Toll-free: 1-888-833-1133
(for information specifically about Ohio programs)
Toll-free: 1-877-428-8246 (for information about other sources of financial aid)
www.regents.state.oh.us/sgs
  
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Toll-free: 1-800-858-1840
Web site: www.okhighered.org 		Oregon
Oregon Student Assistance Commission
Toll-free: 1-800-452-8807
Web site: www.osac.state.or.us 		Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
Toll-free: 1-800-692-7392
Web site:
http://www.pheaa.org
  
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority
Toll-free: 1-800-922-9855
Web site: www.riheaa.org 		South Carolina
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
Toll-free: 1-877-349-7183
Web site: www.che.sc.gov 		South Dakota
South Dakota Board of Regents
Phone: (605) 773-3455
Web site: www.sdbor.edu
  
Tennessee
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation
Toll-free: 1-800-342-1663
Web site: www.state.tn.us/tsac 		Texas
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Toll-free: 1-888-311-8881
Web site: www.collegefortexans.com 		Utah
Utah State Board of Regents
Toll-free: 1-800-418-8757
Web site: www.utahsbr.edu
  
Vermont
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Toll-free: 1-800-642-3177
Web site:
www.utahsbr.edu 		Virginia
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
Toll Free: 1-877-516-0138
Web site: www.schev.edu 		Washington
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board
Toll-free: 1-888-535-0747
Web site: www.hecb.wa.gov
  
West Virginia
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Toll-free: 1-888-825-5707
Web site: www.hepc.wvnet.edu 		Wisconsin
Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board
Phone: 608-267-2206
Web site: www.heab.wisconsin.gov 		Wyoming
Wyoming Department of Education
Phone: (307) 777-7690
Web site: www.k12.wy.us
  
U.S. Territories
American Samoa
American Samoa Community College
Phone: 684-699-9155
Web site: www.ascc.as 		Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Marianas College
Phone: 670-234-5498, ext. 1525
Web site: www.nmcnet.edu 		Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia Department of Education
Phone: 691-320-2872
Web site: www.literacynet.org/micronesia/doe.html
  
Guam
University of Guam
Phone: 671-735-2288
Web site: www.uog.edu 		Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education
Phone: 787-724-7100
Web site: www.ces.gobierno.pr 		Republic of Palau
Republic of Palau Ministry of Education
Phone: 680-488-2471
  
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands Scholarship Grant and Loan Board
Phone: 692-625-3108
Web site: www.rmischolarship.net 		Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands Board of Education
Phone: 340-774-4546
Web site: www.doe.vi 		 


Last updated/reviewed March 18, 2008


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