Volume V | May 2026

Comparing college financial aid offers just got easier with Award Advisor™

Lela introduces free Award Advisor™ app!

Making sense of financial aid offers can be confusing, but Award Advisor is here to help.

Award Advisor is a free app brought to you by the Louisiana Education Loan Authority (Lela), Louisiana's nonprofit student lender, that makes it easy to compare your financial aid letters so you can choose the best school that works financially for you.

Take the guesswork out of paying for college. Download Award Advisor™ for free today.

Here's how it works:

Add the schools you're considering
Upload your financial aid letters
Add how much you can contribute to see the full picture of affordability
Compare real costs side-by-side

(Read more below about the app's development and why it's a trusted resource.)

Download Award Advisor for Apple iOS.

Download Award Advisor for Android.

Learn more about Award Advisor: https://awardadvisor.org/

New Award Advisor app is consistent with Lela's commitment

to Louisiana students

What is Lela? The Louisiana Education Loan Authority (Lela) is Louisiana's nonprofit resource for free FAFSA completion assistance, college access and affordable financing and is a division of the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA), a nonprofit public trust established to bring financing assistance and advantages to the people of Louisiana. Since its inception, Lela has provided financing and outreach assistance to more than 465,000 Louisiana students and their families.

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Award Advisor video. 👇

A trusted resource

Award Advisor™ was designed by Lela partner and fellow nonprofit lender, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, which assists students in its state with grants, scholarships, 529 savings plans and low-cost student loans. The Award Advisor app allows students and families to explore nonprofit-only-loans, but it contains no traditional advertising. Its goal is simply to help students and families make better, more informed financial decisions about college.