• tuition waivers
   
• resident fees for non-residents
   
• partial ride scholarships
   
• housing assistance
   
• special aid programs for needed majors
   
• work study programs

     Here is a list of websites with state specific information. Some are links to the state departments of higher education, others link to websites dedicated to college financial aid programs for particular states. 

Alabama
http://www.ache.state.al.us/

Alaska
http://alaskadvantage.state.ak.us/page/308

Arizona
http://www.azhighered.org/

Arkansas
http://www.arkansashighered.com/

California
http://www.csac.ca.gov/

Colorado
http://highered.colorado.gov/dhedefault.html

Connecticut
http://www.ctdhe.org/

Delaware
http://www.doe.state.de.us/high-ed/

District of Columbia
http://seo.dc.gov/main.shtm

Florida
http://www.fldoe.org/students/financialaid.asp

Georgia
http://www.gsfc.org/

Hawaii
http://165.248.6.166/data/bulletin15/index.asp

Idaho
http://www.sde.idaho.gov/

Illinois
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/PBVS/html/financial_aid.htm

Indiana
http://www.ssaci.in.gov/

Iowa
http://www.iowacollegeaid.org/

Kansas
http://www.kansasregents.org/

Kentucky
http://www.kheaa.com/

Louisiana
http://www.osfa.state.la.us/

Maine
http://www.famemaine.com/

Maryland
http://www.mhec.state.md.us/

Massachusetts
http://www.mass.edu/

Massachusetts
http://www.osfa.mass.edu/

Michigan
http://www.michigan.gov/mistudentaid/

Minnesota
http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/

Mississippi
http://www.mississippi.edu/riseupms/financialaid-state.php

Missouri
http://www.dhe.mo.gov/

Montana
http://www.mus.edu/

Nebraska
http://www.ccpe.state.ne.us/PublicDoc/CCPE/Default.asp

Nevada
http://system.nevada.edu/

New Hampshire
http://www.state.nh.us/postsecondary/

New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/highereducation/index.htm

Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (New Jersey)
http://www.hesaa.org/

New Mexico
http://www.hed.state.nm.us/content.asp?CustComKey=194795&CategoryKey=371791&pn=Page&DomName=hed.state.nm.us

New York
http://www.hesc.org/

North Carolina
http://www.cfnc.org/

North Dakota
http://www.ndus.edu/

Ohio
http://www.regents.state.oh.us/sgs/

Oklahoma
http://www.okhighered.org/

Oregon
http://www.osac.state.or.us/

Oregon University System
http://www.ous.edu/

Pennsylvania
http://www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/higher/site/default.asp

Rhode Island
http://www.riheaa.org/

Rhode Island Office of Higher Education
http://www.ribghe.org/

South Carolina
http://www.che.sc.gov/

South Dakota
http://www.ris.sdbor.edu/

Tennessee
http://www.state.tn.us/thec/

Texas
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/

Utah
http://www.utahsbr.edu/

Vermont
http://www.vsac.org/

Virginia
http://www.schev.edu/

Washington
http://www.hecb.wa.gov/

West Virginia
http://www.hepc.wvnet.edu/

Wisconsin
http://heab.state.wi.us/

Wyoming
http://www.commission.wcc.edu/

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
http://www.nmcnet.edu/

Puerto Rico
http://www.ces.gobierno.pr/