SimpleTuition Partners with GradSchools.com to Help Graduate Students Compare and Select Student Loan Options

Newton, MA, February 5, 2008 -- Students entering graduate school programs face a variety of challenges – and for many how to fund the cost of furthering their education is at the top of the list. To help ease the process in finding and selecting student loans, SimpleTuition, a company dedicated to helping families makes sense of education financing options, today announced a partnership with GradSchools.com, the leading online source for graduate school information.

“Newly-accepted grad students will soon need to figure out a way to pay for their graduate program. In most cases, this will require student loans to help foot the bill,” said Kevin Walker, cofounder and CEO of SimpleTution, Inc. “Our partnership with GradSchools.com will ensure that graduate students seeking student loan information will find a wide selection of available options – in an easy to compare format – to ultimately help them select the right loan for their financial situation.”

SimpleTuition will power a special version of its student loan comparison platform available from the GradSchools.com website home page. GradSchools.com, with the addition of the SimpleTuition comparison tool, will now offer a complete source of graduate school information for students researching online – including the early stages of school research and selection through the enrollment and financing process.

“SimpleTuition has helped tens of thousands of borrowers compare and find student loan options,” said Tom Bazis, director of business development at GradSchools.com. “We are committed to helping graduate students gather the information they need to make an informed decision when selecting a graduate program. In addition, partnering with SimpleTuition will help our student lending audience, allowing us to provide the prompt feedback that borrowers expect when researching financing options to help pay for graduate school.”

About GradSchools.com
GradSchools.com, a resource of EducationDynamics, is the Internet’s leading source of graduate school information. The site helps students find their ideal graduate school through a comprehensive directory of more than 60,000 graduate school programs organized by subject, school and location, as well as an extensive resource center with articles and blogs. For more information, visit http://www.GradSchools.com.

About SimpleTuition, Inc.
Founded in 2005, SimpleTuition is dedicated to helping students and parents make sense of education financing options. SimpleTuition offers the leading independent and interactive solution for researching and comparing over 100 private, PLUS, Stafford, GradPLUS and Federal Consolidation loans from more than 50 lenders. The site has been recently featured on Kiplinger’s Best List as the best financial services website for student loans and as one of Fast Company’s Top 12 Web 2.0 sites. The company also holds awards for exceptional website development from the Interactive Media Council and the Web Marketing Association. SimpleTuition is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts and is funded by Atlas Venture, IDG Ventures Boston and North Hill Ventures.

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Jan Jahosky
KMC Partners
Public Relations for SimpleTuition
407-331-4699
jan@kmcpartners.com