Students entering graduate school programs face a variety of challenges - and for many how to fund the cost of furthering their education is at the top of the list. To help ease the process in finding and selecting student loans, SimpleTuition, a company dedicated to helping families makes sense of education financing options, today announced a partnership with GradSchools.com, the leading online source for graduate school information.
NEWTON, Mass. (Business Wire EON) February 5, 2008 --
Students entering graduate school programs face a variety of challenges –
and for many how to fund the cost of furthering their education is at
the top of the list. To help ease the process in finding and selecting
student loans, SimpleTuition,
a company dedicated to helping families makes sense of education
financing options, today announced a partnership with GradSchools.com,
the leading online source for graduate school information.
“Newly-accepted grad students will soon need
to figure out a way to pay for their graduate program. In most cases,
this will require student loans to help foot the bill,”
said Kevin Walker, cofounder and CEO of SimpleTution, Inc. “Our
partnership with GradSchools.com will ensure that graduate students
seeking student loan information will find a wide selection of available
options – in an easy to compare format –
to ultimately help them select the right loan for their financial
situation.”
SimpleTuition will power a special version of its student loan
comparison platform available from the GradSchools.com website home
page. GradSchools.com, with the addition of the SimpleTuition comparison
tool, will now offer a complete source of graduate school information
for students researching online – including
the early stages of school research and selection through the enrollment
and financing process.
“SimpleTuition has helped tens of thousands of
borrowers compare and find student loan options,”
said Tom Bazis, director of business development at GradSchools.com. “We
are committed to helping graduate students gather the information they
need to make an informed decision when selecting a graduate program. In
addition, partnering with SimpleTuition will help our student lending
audience, allowing us to provide the prompt feedback that borrowers
expect when researching financing options to help pay for graduate
school.”
About GradSchools.com
GradSchools.com, a resource of EducationDynamics,
is the Internet’s leading source of graduate
school information. The site helps students find their ideal graduate
school through a comprehensive directory of more than 60,000 graduate
school programs organized by subject, school and location, as well as an
extensive resource center with articles and blogs. For more information,
visit http://www.GradSchools.com.
About SimpleTuition, Inc.
Founded in 2005, SimpleTuition is dedicated to helping students and
parents make sense of education financing options. SimpleTuition offers
the leading independent and interactive solution for researching and
comparing over 100 private, PLUS, Stafford, GradPLUS and Federal
Consolidation loans from more than 45 lenders. The site has been
recently featured on Kiplinger’s Best
List as the best financial services web site for student loans and as
one of Fast Company’s Top Web 2.0
sites. The company also holds awards for exceptional website development
from the Interactive Media Council and the Web Marketing Association.
SimpleTuition is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts and is funded by
Atlas Venture, IDG Ventures Boston and North Hill Ventures. For more
information, visit www.SimpleTuition.com.
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