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Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB)
The Higher Educational Aids Board is the Wisconsin state agency for student financial aid. Its programs page describes each grant, scholarship and loan in one long list, with the eligible schools, who qualifies, how to apply, award amounts, the governing statute and a named staff contact for every program.
Best for: Wisconsin students who want the official rules, amounts and a direct staff contact for each state aid program.
Limitation: Program entries give no current award year or deadlines, so you must check with your financial aid office for dates.
Our rating
2.6out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.5 / 5)
- Grants are grouped as need based gift aid, plus merit awards.
- A table shows which grants fit each school type.
- Each program lists application, enrollment and award rules.
- No search or filters for programs.
Scholarship Quality (2.0 / 5)
- Every program gives amounts, rules and a staff contact.
- No program shows a current award year or deadline.
- All programs are run by the board itself.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Many links and buttons are small to tap on phones.
- Program pages open straight from the main list.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
- Back returns to the list.
Privacy & Marketing (2.5 / 5)
- No privacy policy is linked from the aid pages.
- Common privacy page addresses show a not-found page.
- The programs page loads no tracking scripts.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.