Types of Financial Aid
Students attending college in Texas may be eligible for various types of financial aid. Some are based on financial need, some are based on academic performance, and others are tied to a student’s or family’s ability to borrow. While not all colleges and universities participate in all programs, many have options to fit a student’s situation to support higher education goals. Visit your financial aid office to inquire about any of the programs below.
Below are the state and federal grants and scholarship programs available to students at Texas colleges and universities:
- Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program (TEOG)
- Toward EXcellence, Access, and Success Grant Program (TEXAS Grant)
- Tuition Equalization Grant Program (TEG)
- Federal Pell Grant
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
- Fifth-Year Accounting Student Scholarship Program
- Financial Assistance Funded by Designated Tuition Set-Asides
- Marine Corps Foundation Scholarship
- National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship
- Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program (TASSP)
- Texas Public Educational Grant Program (TPEG)
Below are the exemption programs available to eligible students:
- Children of Disabled Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers
- Children of Professional Nursing Program Faculty and Staff
- Clinical Preceptors and Their Children
- Combat Exemption for Children of Military Service Members
- Concurrent Enrollment Waiver
- Education Benefits for Certain Survivors of Individuals in Specific Public Servant Positions
- Educational Aide Exemption
- Fee Proration for Students Enrolled in Shorter-Than-Average Terms
- Firefighters Enrolled in Fire Science Courses
- Good Neighbor Program (Students from Other Nations of the American/Western Hemisphere)
- Hazlewood Exemption (for Texas Veterans)
- Highest Ranking High School Graduate
- Irrelevant Fees
- Military: Children of U.S. Military Who Are Missing in Action or Prisoners of War (MIA/POWs)
- Military: Orphans of Texas Members of the U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard
- Military: Texas National Guard Tuition Assistance Program
- Out-of-District Fees for Certain Students Living Outside a Public Community/Junior College’s Taxing District
- Peace Officers and Firefighters Disabled in the Line of Duty
- Peace Officers Enrolled in Law Enforcement or Criminal Justice Courses
- Senior Citizen, 55 or Older, Tuition Reduction Program
- Senior Citizen, 65 or Older, Free Tuition for 6 Credit Hours
- Senior Citizen, 65 or Older, Free Tuition for Auditing Classes
- Students Enrolled in Courses for Dual High School and College-Level Credit
- Tuition Exemption for Blind or Deaf Students
- Tuition Exemptions Related to Individuals Currently or Formerly in Foster Care in Texas
- Tuition Reduction for Students Taking More than 15 Hours
Below are the waiver programs available to eligible students:
- Academic Common Market Waiver
- Border County Waiver
- Bordering States Waiver
- Competitive Scholarship Waiver
- Dual Medical/Philosophy Degree Waiver (Biomedical Research Scholarship Student Waiver)
- Economic Development and Diversification Waiver
- Mexican Citizens with Financial Need-Border County Waiver
- Mexican Citizens with Financial Need-Border Nations Waiver
- Military: After Assignment in Texas
- Military: Assigned to Duty in Texas
- Military: Honorably Discharged, Separated, or Retired Veterans Who Move to Texas
- Military: Member, Spouse, or Child Who Remains Continuously Enrolled in Higher Education in Texas
- Military: NATO Forces
- Military: Persons Eligible for Veterans Educational Benefits, Their Spouses, and Children Who Move to Texas
- Military: Spouse and Dependents Who Previously Lived in Texas
- Military: Survivors
- Out-of-State Military: If Family Intent is to Make Texas Home
- Research Assistants and Teaching Assistants Waiver
- Tuition Waiver for Students from Neighboring States Continuing Upper-Level Undergraduate Studies
- Waiver for College Faculty and their Dependents
- Waiver for Nonresidents Enrolled in Texas Public Universities Located Within 100 Miles of the Texas Border
- Waiver for Students from Mexico Enrolled in Graduate Degree Programs in Public Health
- Waiver of Nonresident Tuition for Foreign Service Officers Stationed in Mexico Attending Public Institutions of Higher Education in Texas
- Waiver Program for Registered Nurses Enrolled in Postgraduate Nursing Degree Programs