How to Pay for Course Materials?
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Financial Aid
- It is important to check with Financial Aid to ensure you use all your available aid. If you have a Financial Aid refund (sometimes called excess aid), you can apply that towards textbooks.
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Alternate funding sources
- Loans
- Scholarships
- Credit cards
- Employment (campus jobs for students are available)
What we've heard from students:
In 2023, the ISU Textbook Affordability Committee surveyed students on campus about textbook affordability. The following graph represents what funding sources students use to acquire course materials.
