The MC offered Maya the money from his inheritance in EP7.
MC: "I got $5000 in inheritance for my birthday."
MC: "It’s almost enough for one semester..."
Maya: "And then what?"
MC: "I don't know."
Maya realizes that this won't be enough and the MC wouldn't know what to do next.
The rich families could support Maya if they knew about it. Also, Josy asks the MC something very apt at the end of EP8. Why would anyone just give Maya money. In addition, the rich families don't know anything about Maya's problem. Sage is the first to find out about this at the end of EP7 and she tries to help Maya by asking her father for a scholarship for Maya. Jill Royce only finds out all the details of Maya's problem in EP10 and Russel (Rusty) Burgmeister doesn't know anything about it.
Yes, if Maya got the money from someone, she would no longer have the problem with college, but the problem with her father Patrick would still not be solved. That's why there is no easy path in history.