Loans, grants, and scholarships may be available from a variety of sources. NAST does not offer students any type of financial assistance. Contact should be made directly with the source of assistance. Questions regarding institutional financial aid should be directed to an institution's financial aid office. Questions regarding federal student aid may also be posed to the institution's financial aid office as well as to the student financial aid office of the federal government.
Banks typically are a good source of financial aid assistance in the form of low interest loans.
Some investigation and comparitive shopping of interest rates in this area may provide useful information. In addition, private scholarship money is made available annually for reasons such as need, area of study, place of residence, etc. The local library may be able to assist with publications listing possible sources of aid.