About Us
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Behind our lending program, a deep commitment to student success
To better support students and families this year, we expanded and enhanced our loan products. Note: This blog was updated in December 2025...
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Future plans come into focus at ApplyNH 2025
Thousands of NH students get support with their college applications at in-school events around the state. At first, Nazlie Taban deflected...
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‘I liked figuring out the puzzle’
Army National Guard veteran Troy Taylor found a career that combines his love for problem solving with his love for making people smile. Troy...
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First generation college students inspire and teach us
November 8 is First Generation College Student Day, a day to celebrate the accomplishments of students who were first in their family to attend...
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Scholarship recipient aims to be everyone’s favorite dentist
Olivia Annunziata Blaisdell couldn’t quite believe it when her friends told her they hated going to the dentist. She was a stranger to needles...
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‘The stress that had once filled the room had lifted.’ Our Customer Experience team provides more than just loan assistance
Earlier this summer, a mother and son visited Granite Edvance to get help submitting an application for a Granite Edvance private student...
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Celebrating our 2025 Granite Edvance graduates
We’ll admit it, we love any reason to celebrate here at Granite Edvance (especially if it involves cake). But graduation season might be our...
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Where instinct and analysis meet: Christiana Thornton reflects on the college-planning journey with son, Owen
To the crowd in the bleachers and the batter at the plate, Owen Thornton’s best pitches whiz by like meteors, gone before the brain can make...
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New Xello tool streamlines college-and-career planning and empowers students
In her first year at Littleton High school, Ashtyn Chadburn took a skills assessment through Xello, the online learning platform her school had...
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Granite Edvance’s Christiana Thornton and Elena Alois to be honored at New Hampshire 200 event
Flip through the pages of this year’s edition of New Hampshire 200, and you’ll find not one but two Granite Edvance team members: Christiana...