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AI assistant for FAFSA

College Cost Lookup

Know the true cost

Search any of 6,000+ colleges and get a full cost-of-attendance breakdown — tuition, room & board, fees, and estimated financial aid — in seconds.

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🔍 University of Michigan — Ann Arbor Found

Tuition & Fees$17,786

Room & Board$13,554

Books & Supplies$1,048

Avg. Net Price (aid)$14,203

Earnings by Major

Pick a major that pays off

Browse salary data across 100+ fields of study. See median early-career earnings so you can match your passion with your financial goals.

Earnings by Major

Computer Science$92,000

Nursing$68,000

Business Admin$55,000

Psychology$42,000

Education$38,000

ROI Calculator

Is college worth it?

We calculate your net cost vs. projected earnings to show your return on investment — so you can choose the school that makes financial sense for your future.

ROI Summary

$14,203

Net Price / Year

$92,000

Median Earnings

6.5×

10-yr ROI

4-Year Total Cost$56,812

Earnings Premium (10yr)+$368,000

AI Financial Advisor

Your personal

Ask Astra anything about loans, grants, scholarships, and repayment strategies. Get plain-language advice personalized to your school and major.

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You

Should I take the $8k Parent PLUS loan or look for more scholarships first?

Astra

Before taking on Parent PLUS debt at 8.05% interest, I'd recommend applying to 3–5 local scholarships worth $2–5k each. With your CS major and Michigan's net price, your 10-year ROI is strong — but minimizing loans now saves \~$4,200 in interest over 10 years.

College Comparison

Compare schools

Add up to four colleges and compare net price, earnings potential, and ROI at a glance. Make a data-driven decision — not just a gut one.

Compare

| | Michigan | Ohio St. | Penn St. | | ------------ | -------- | -------- | -------- | | Net Price | $14,203 | $16,480 | $18,100 | | Grad Rate | 91% | 84% | 80% | | Median Earn. | $92k | $85k | $81k | | 10-yr ROI | 6.5× | 5.2× | 4.5× |

AI-Assisted Personalized Financial Planning

Scholarships. Aid. Loans. Answered in real time.

Find scholarships, decode your award letter, optimize federal loan repayment, and get private lender hardship help — grounded in live search results, not stale data.

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What’s inside

Four tools. Every stage of your financial aid journey.

Scholarships

Scholarship Finder & Action Timeline

Find scholarships matched to your major, state, background, and financial profile using live Tavily search — then build a prioritized deadline timeline.

• Live AI-powered scholarship search via Tavily by major, state & demographics
• School-specific merit aid lookup for your target colleges
• Select scholarships and generate a personalized deadline timeline
• First-generation, need-based, and diversity award matching
• Connected to CollegeScorecard for real school data

Award Assist

FAFSA & Financial Aid Decoder

Understand your award letter, calculate your real cost gap, and compare colleges side by side — with an AI summary powered by Groq.

• College cost of attendance lookup
• Award letter decoder — grants vs. loans, clearly
• Financial gap analysis & net price
• Side-by-side college comparison
• Earnings by major (200+ programs)
• AI-generated financial summary via Groq llama-3.3-70b

Post-Grad Debt Relief

Student Loan Repayment Optimizer

Enter your loans and income and Astra calculates your best repayment path. Private lender? Astra searches their live forbearance page to generate a tailored hardship letter.

• All 8 federal repayment plans compared (SAVE, PAYE, IBR, ICR, Standard, Graduated, Extended)
• PSLF employer eligibility checker (IRS 501c3 verified)
• AI-recommended plan with rationale via Groq
• Hardship letter generator grounded in live studentaid.gov search
• Private lender forbearance research via Tavily — letter tailored to that lender's actual policy
• Live-searched 0% balance transfer & refinancing offers by credit score

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Your Personal AI Financial Aid Assistant

Chat with Astra about financial aid, scholarships, and loan repayment — powered by Groq's fastest inference. Subscription required; never included in the free tier.

• Answers grounded in live search results, not training data alone
• Ask anything about FAFSA rules, scholarships, or repayment options
• Groq llama-3.3-70b — ultra-fast responses
• Available across every stage of your journey

Powered by the best AI infrastructure available

Every AI response in Astra is grounded in live, authoritative search results — not hardcoded rules that go stale. Financial aid rules change annually. Astra keeps up.

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#### Groq AI Inference

All AI summaries, letters, and recommendations are generated by Groq running llama-3.3-70b — the fastest large language model inference available.

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#### Tavily Live Search

Before every AI response about financial aid rules, Astra fetches live content from studentaid.gov, your lender's forbearance page, and other authoritative sources.

Real-time · Authoritative

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#### FERPA-Compliant

No student data in logs or URLs. All sensitive data travels encrypted. AI providers are contractually prohibited from using your data for model training.

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Simple, transparent pricing

Start free. Unlock everything for one flat monthly rate.

Free tier included1 search per tool (Scholarships, Award Assist, Post-Grad Debt Relief) — no credit card needed to start.

✓ Unlimited scholarship searches via live Tavily search

✓ Unlimited Award Assist analyses & AI summaries

✓ Unlimited loan repayment analyses, hardship letters & private lender research

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✓ Live search grounded answers — always current

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