One way to decrease your need for student loans is to obtain a scholarship. A quick search of the Internet found several unique scholarships listed. Stuttgart,  Arkansas  Chamber of Commerce sponsors a duck calling contest with $2000 going to the winner. Tall clubs International has $1000 scholarships to tall ( men 6’2 women 5’10 ) first year students. You might also consider the $7500  Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year award, The Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship ($5000). If you are a graduate student who wants to study potatoes then you might like to look into the Potato Industry Scholarship ($2000). There are many more scholarships available too.  Ask around, do your research and put in lots of applications. Good luck !

Some information for this blog post came from http://www.collegeandfinance.com