Government backed student loans are limited to $5,500/year for the first two years. She may be able to double that if you are unable/unwilling to contribute any parent loan. Your daughter would have to get approved for that through the feds. Even that is based on estimated cost of attendance from the school's finance office. Beyond that, all you have are private student loans from banks like Chase etc.. However, an 18 year old is unlikely to be able to qualify without a co-signer. As I am sure you know, she is making this a much harder road for herself trying to live on her own at the same time. It sucks paying interest and payments on loans for the next 20 years that were used for living expenses.