TuitionHero equips you with the comprehensive information required to safeguard both your family and your financial well-being.

Our mission

Our mission at TuitionHero is to serve as your trusted ally in education finance, dedicated to empowering you through honest, expert advice. We're here to boost your money smarts with our carefully crafted content and help you make sense of all the confusing stuff - student loans, FAFSA, picking the right credit card offers—you name it. We're in your corner, ready to help you create a solid financial game plan.

Core values

1. Integrity: Our team of writers and editors operate independently from our business division, ensuring unbiased financial advice free from conflicts of interest.

2. Accuracy: We leverage the knowledge of internal experts, combining this with insights from academics, professionals, and industry leaders to produce top-tier content. Our commitment to accuracy extends to providing timely and relevant information, citing our sources, and regularly updating our content to reflect the most current data.

3. Objectivity: Our product reviews and recommendations are solely editorial, based on comprehensive research, assessment, and comparison. We are committed to delivering factual and objective evaluations of financial products to support our users in their decision-making process.

Editorial team

Editorial process

The recommendations and insights we give you on student loans aren't just pulled out of thin air. They result from 100+ hours of thorough research by our Editorial Team, looking beyond compensation or partnerships.

At TuitionHero, our content is meticulously crafted by our in-house experts - from certified financial advisors to scholarship evaluators - wholly dedicated to their expertise. Before hitting the publish button, our research and advice undergo a thorough review, fact-checking, and revisions. Occasionally, we use our proprietary data and combined decades of experience in the world of college finance to provide further insights into student loans, scholarships, and financial planning.

Timeliness & relevance

All editorial content is checked for accuracy, timeliness, and relevance. We strive to guarantee the information in each article is up-to-date at the time of publication. They use the latest news, reports, rules, and studies about education. You can find out when an article was last updated by looking at the top.

Sources & citations

To ensure our articles are comprehensive and informative, we cite various authoritative data sources. We collaborate with numerous leading financial institutions and have assisted countless students in making informed decisions about their education finances. This allows us to offer real-world insights that are relevant to you.

We also consult with trusted, qualified, independent experts to provide additional clarity and insights on a topic. We link back to our information sources where feasible and provide details on how the data was calculated. Our team consistently reviews these sources to ensure we provide the most current information.

Fact-checking & accuracy

We're all about being accurate and clear. Expert writers write our content, and every post is fact-checked by financial experts comprising of but not limited to financial planners, accountants, and financial advisors who know much about student loans. Here's how we ensure our info is on point:

• Accuracy: All content undergoes an in-depth fact-checking process involving our writers, assignment editors, and copy editors.

• Great sources: Our writers rely on primary and authoritative sources, including interviews, government and industry websites, data, and documents, to ensure our content is as clear and comprehensive as possible.

Corrections & updates

We'll also point out the correction at the end of the article so you know we've made a change. While we strive for accuracy, occasionally, new information emerges after publication, or minor details might slip through. If we get something wrong, we’ll fix it swiftly upon discovery.

If we mess up a fact, we'll say so in the article where the mistake happened. You can tell us if you spot a mistake or are unhappy with something by emailing us at hi@tuitionhero.org.

Though companies can suggest factual updates, our editorial team decides on content, following our stringent editorial guidelines. It's important to note that our advertising partnerships don't influence our editorial perspectives and reviews.

Transparency

Our platform has a strong policy against accepting compensation from companies featured on our site, both to influence content or as incentives for our team. However, to offer free content, we might receive a commission when a link on our site is clicked. This doesn't affect our integrity; using such links is entirely up to the consumer. We prohibit intimidation or bullying from influencing our content and strictly adhere to respecting others' intellectual property rights.

Though companies can suggest factual updates, our editorial team decides on content, following our stringent editorial guidelines. It's important to note that our advertising partnerships don't influence our editorial perspectives and reviews.

Contacting Us

If you have questions or concerns about our privacy practices or wish to make a request regarding Your Information, please contact us at legal@tuitionhero.org