Student debt continues to be a massive issue for American students who collectively owe an estimated $1.5 trillion in loans. Navigating cost and financial aid is a crucial step in a complex process toward student attainment of higher education.

Butler University wants to increase student success through a more efficient process and sound fiscal decisions. Deploying Oracle Student Financial Planning, part of Oracle Student Cloud, the university will be able to guide students towards more responsible borrowing and course-planning that will keep them on track towards their graduation goals.

Butler, a private university in Indianapolis, integrates the liberal arts with a professional education to provide the highest quality education. It fosters a stimulating intellectual community built upon interactive dialogue and inquiry among students, faculty and staff.

With cloud technology providing real-time synchronization with government systems and automated, student-centric processes, Oracle Student Financial Planning will let Butler financial aid officers and administrators spend more time advising students on financial aid choices and less time packaging their aid. Direct integration with Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions will also enable the university to cut the costs of ongoing financial aid compliance.

To date, Oracle Student Financial Planning has processed $2.9 billion in financial aid, representing 15 million automated packages.