A free resource to help your students fund their education.
Lite Tuition is a debt-free way for students to raise money for the cost of higher education. Share it with the students you guide, from college and university to trade and vocational programs. It is free, and there is nothing for your school to set up.
How Lite Tuition works
A simple, debt-free way for a student to raise money for their education. Here is the whole flow, start to finish.
A student creates a campaign
For free, they give it a title and a goal, then add their story and a photo. It takes about ten minutes.
Our team reviews it
A real person reads every campaign before its page goes live. Students hear back within 48 hours.
Their community gives
Family and friends give securely through PayPal, and supporters can choose to cover the fees so the full gift counts.
Funds go to the school
Money is sent to the student's school, in care of the student, toward tuition and school costs. Never cash in hand, and never a loan.
Built to help the students you guide
There is nothing for your school to run. It is a tool counselors can share, students can start on their own, and parents can start for a child, including at tuition-based pre-K through 12 schools.
For guidance counselors
- Free to share, with nothing for your school to set up, host, or administer.
- A real option for students facing a tuition gap, alongside scholarships and financial aid.
- Point students to it in counseling sessions, at financial-aid nights, and in college-readiness workshops.
- Safe by design: every campaign is reviewed before it goes live, can be kept public or private, and money goes to the school, never the student directly.
- Tuition-based schools can offer it to students and parents looking for help with the cost of attending, too.
For students seeking higher education
- A debt-free way to raise for tuition, fees, books, on-campus housing, and lab or technology fees.
- A place to tell their story and rally the people who believe in them.
- They can start before choosing a school; funds release once a school is selected.
- A campaign can be public or private, whichever is right for the student's safety.
- No loan, no interest, and nothing to pay back.
For parents
- Start and run a campaign for your child, including at tuition-based pre-K through 12 schools.
- A debt-free way to get help with tuition from family, friends, and your community.
- Funds go to the school, in care of your child, toward the cost of attending.
- Keep it public or private, whichever is right for your family.
Download a brochure to share
Simple one-pagers you can print, hand out, or forward, plus an editable insert for graduating seniors.
Counselor guide
A one-page overview for your team, to hand out at events or post on your resources page.
Download PDFStudent guide
How it works, what a student can raise for, and how to get started, all on one page.
Download PDFHigh school senior guide
Our Senior Program: raise money for college that goes straight to the school where you enroll.
Download PDFGraduation announcement insert
For graduating seniors: a printable insert for graduation announcements and party invites. Type in your name and campaign link, print, and cut. Two to a page.
All PDFs, ready to print or email.
One more way to help a student say yes to their future
A debt-free path to funding education, for the students who need it most.
Students across the road to higher education
Wherever your students are headed next, Lite Tuition gives them a debt-free way to help pay for it.
Colleges & universities
From community college to graduate school, across thousands of campuses nationwide.
Trade & vocational schools
Career and technical programs where students are building their future hands-on.
Graduate & professional programs
Advanced degrees and certifications, funded by a community that believes in the work.
College-prep counselor FAQ
The questions counselors ask most, answered. Share it with your team or point families here.
A free, debt-free way for students to raise money for the cost of college, which you can share as one more option alongside scholarships and financial aid.
None. It is free to share and free for students to use, with nothing for your school to set up, host, or administer.
A student, or a parent on their behalf, creates a campaign for free with a title, goal, photo, story, and an end date. Our team reviews it before it goes public, and the student hears back within 48 hours.
When a campaign closes, the funds are released to the student's school, in care of the student, toward tuition and school-billed costs, once a school is selected. It never goes to the student as cash, and it is never a loan.
Supporters give securely through PayPal, with a $10 minimum gift. Lite Tuition keeps a flat 5% and PayPal charges its own processing fee, and a supporter can choose to cover both so the student receives the full gift.
Yes. Every campaign is reviewed by our team before it goes public, and a student can keep a campaign public or private, whichever is right for their safety.
Yes. A senior can start a campaign during application season, and the funds are released once they select their school, so they can raise while they decide.
Frame it as one piece of a funding plan: begin with scholarships and aid, then share Lite Tuition to help close the remaining gap. You can hand out or post our counselor and student guides.
Any student headed to higher education, from colleges and universities to trade and vocational programs. Parents can also start a campaign for a child at a tuition-based pre-K through 12 school.
Share Lite Tuition with your students
Download a brochure to pass along, or reach out with any questions. It is free for your students to use, with nothing for your school to set up.