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Available Assistance
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Award Criteria
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Amounts Available
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State Grant
(TN*) |
Must be eligible to receive Federal Pell Grant. Money that does not have to be repaid. |
*Up to $4,644 per year for incoming students and up to $5,538 for students who have received the grant in this amount in a previous year. |
| Tennessee Teaching Scholars Loan Forgiveness Program |
Tennessee resident, US citizen. Applicant cannot be a licensed teacher or receive the scholarship while employed in a teaching position. College juniors, seniors, and post-baccalaureate students admitted to a teacher education program at an eligible Tennessee postsecondary institution. Undergraduate students must be enrolled full-time, graduate students at least half-time.
Application deadline April 15. |
Up to $4,500 with a maximum of 4 years eligibility. Loan forgiveness has an employment obligation. |
| Tennessee Math & Science Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program |
Tenured Tennessee public school teacher seeking certification or advanced degree in math or science; Tennessee resident one year prior to application deadline. |
Up to $2,000 per academic
year with maximum not to
exceed $10,000.
Information about this
program is available at
www.CollegePaysTN.com.
Loan forgiveness requires an
employment obligation. |
| Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
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Tennessee resident and U.S. citizen or permanent resident who is an entering with an unweighted 3.5 high school GPA or GED score of 570 or entering freshman with at least a 3.0 high school GPA with at least a 24 ACT or 1090 SAT. Must be used immediately following high school graduation or receipt of a GED.
Application deadline March 1 |
Award amount based on Federal funding; renewable for a total of 4 undergraduate years. |
| Ned McWherter Scholars Program
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Tennessee resident and U.S. citizen who is an entering freshman with an unweighted 3.5 high school GPA and a 29 ACT or 1280 SAT.
Application deadline February 15 |
Up to $6,000 per year for a maximum of four years at an eligible Tennessee post secondary institution. |
| Minority Teaching Fellows Loan Forgiveness Program
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Minority Tennessee resident and U.S. citizen who is an entering freshman with a 2.75 high school GPA and at least 18 ACT or 860 SAT (Math and Critical Reading only). Continuing college student with a college GPA of 2.5.
Application deadline
April 15
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$5,000 per year; maximum
of $20,000 over four years
at a Tennessee
postsecondary institution.
Loan forgiveness has an
employment obligation. |
| Christa McAuliffe Scholarship
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Tennessee resident and U.S. citizen
who is a rising college junior who has
completed their first semester of their
junior year. Students must be enrolled
full-time and admitted to a teacher
education program at an eligible
Tennessee postsecondary institution
and must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA
and an ACT or SAT score that meets or exceeds the national norm.
Application deadline
April 1 |
Award amount based on funding but may not exceed $500. This is a one-time scholarship. |
| Dependent Children Scholarship Scholarship
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Dependent children of law enforcement officers, firemen, or emergency medical technicians who were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty while employed in Tennessee. Must be a Tennessee resident or U.S. citizen. Must be enrolled full-time as an undergraduate student at an eligible Tennessee postsecondary institution.
Application deadline
July 15 |
Award amount based on state funding and student's direct cost; coordinated with other aid; renewable for four undergraduate years.. |
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Available Assistance
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Award Criteria
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Amounts Available
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| Tennessee HOPE Scholarship |
Tennessee resident one year prior to application deadline in an eligible high school. First time applicants must be entering freshmen. Students must be admitted to and enrolled at least half-time in an eligible Tennessee postsecondary institution no later than 16 months following graduation from high school, home school or GED program. Minimum unweighted 3.0 GPA OR 21 ACT (980 SAT). Home school graduates: 21 ACT (980 SAT Math and Critical Reading only) or 525 GED. Renewal criteria: must be enrolled full time and have cumulative GPA of 2.75 after 24 and 48 attempted hours; must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 after 72 attempted semester hours and thereafter or if the cumulative gpa is between 2.75-2.99 and the semester gpa is at least a 3.0, then must be enrolled full-time and eligibility will be checked after each semester. |
Up to $4,000 at an
eligible four-year
Tennessee
postsecondary
institution; awards to part-time students are prorated. Scholarship awards based on available funding from State Lottery. |
General Assembly
Merit Scholarship |
Must be HOPE eligible. Minimum weighted 3.75 GPA and 29 ACT/ (1280). Home school students must complete 12 college credit hours (at least 4 courses) with a minimum of 3.0 GPA at a Tennessee College or University while they are enrolled in a home school program. Renewal criteria: Same as Tennessee HOPE Scholarship. |
$1,000 supplement to the Tennessee HOPE Scholarship; awards to part-time students are prorated. Scholarship awards based on available funding from State Lottery. |
| Aspire Award |
Must meet HOPE Scholarship requirements and parents' or independent student's and spouse's adjusted gross income must be $36,000 or less on the IRS tax form . Renewal criteria: Same as Tennessee HOPE Scholarship. Student may receive either Aspire Award or General Assembly Merit Scholarship (GAMS), but not both. |
$1,500 supplement to the Tennessee HOPE Scholarship; awards to part-time students are prorated. Scholarship awards based on available funding from State Lottery. |
Tennessee HOPE
Access Grant |
Minimum unweighted 2.75 GPA and 18 ACT / (860 SAT). Parents' adjusted gross income of $36,000 or less (dependent student) or student (and spouse) or independent student's and spouse's adjusted gross income of $36,000 or less. May be eligible for Tennessee HOPE Scholarship in the second year by meeting HOPE Scholarship renewal criteria. |
$2,750 at an eligible four-year Tennessee postsecondary institution; Scholarship awards based on available funding from State Lottery. |
APPLICATION PROCESS FOR
THE TENNESSEE EDUCATION LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
Submit Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) after January 1. Available online at
www.fafsa.gov. Application priority date is May 1. Applications MUST be received by September 1 for the Fall semester and February 1 for the Spring semester. Early application recommended. To renew award, complete renewal FAFSA. each year.
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*For additional or the most current information specific to the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Program(s), contact Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation at 800.342.1663 or www.CollegePaysTN.com OR contact the Milligan College Student Financial Services Office at 800.447.4880.
*For additional information specific to the renewal criteria and/or the appeal process, particularly due to loss of the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship(s), based on renewal criteria, contact the Student Financial Services Office at 800.447.4880.
