Understanding Financial Aid '25

Anna Hitchcock, Reed's Executive Director of Financial Aid, demystifies financial aid, explains how it works, and shows you how to apply. This overview, featuring Reed-specific examples, is a handy guide for understanding the financial aid process.
Reed College is an institution of higher education in the liberal arts devoted to the intrinsic value of intellectual pursuit and governed by the highest standards of scholarly practice, critical thought, and creativity. Its undergraduate program of study, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, balances breadth of knowledge across the curriculum with depth of knowledge in a particular field of study. The goal of the Reed education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor and independence in their habits of thought, inquiry, and expression.