Abstract: A loan application and processing system for student loans is supported on a server system connect to an Internet. The system includes an academic institution server facility, a financial institution communication server facility, and a Department of Education server facility, along with an interconnected database, email server, and processor, which in combination provide an integrated facility for the application and processing of student loan applications.

Abstract: A system and method of matching students with scholarship, financial aid, or loan information is presented. Customers, such as universities or colleges, may submit information to be presented in any, or a combination, of a state and a local database. Students searching for scholarships, grants, awards, loans, and financial aid information through a web site associated with a particular university may receive results that are particularized to that university as well as results that are national in scope.