Bright futures covers all tuition at an in-state public university if you have a 1290+ SAT. Do other states have something comparable to this? I am grateful to live in Florida and that I am able to go college for free, and I’m wondering if others have this chance as well.
For families with incomes below a certain threshold, New York has the Excelsior award which I believe covers tuition at a SUNY.
California has the Calgrant for eligible CA residents.
Some states have the Hope scholarship, but I don’t think it’s full tuition.
I’m not asking for me… I’m just wondering if general if other states have something comparable for their residents.
University of Michigan offer free tuition to in-state students with less than $65k family income.
Many states have their own scholarship programs or FA. Colorado students get $75/credit off tuition. Tenn and Georgia have Hope scholarships. Many states have free or almost free community college. Wyoming’s instate tuition is only about $4500 and then there are many scholarships on top of that.
Idaho has a “close the gap” scholarship that covers need not met by state schools. It’s $3500/year, which might not be enough for BSU, ISU, or U of I if you’re not a commuter, but will get you to one of the smaller colleges if you combine it with Pell Grant and federal loans.
New Mexico has the Legislative Lottery Scholarship Program.
The Lottery Scholarship pays tuition at any state community college or state university. Students have to pay their own first semester tuition, but then the Lottery pays for up to 3 semesters at CC or 7 semesters at 4 year college/university. UNM, NM Tech and NMSU offer scholarships to their student to pay the first semester’s tuition.
No minimum high school GPA or ACT/SAT required. Only requirement is for the student to have graduated from an accredited public or private NM high school. Undocumented students are eligible to receive the Lottery Scholarship so long as they have graduated from a NM high school.
Louisiana has TOPs. TOPS pays full tuition plus a possiable 400 to 800 dollar stipend. Basic requirement is a college prep highschool schedule and a 21 ACT. The Stipend kicks in at high levels of high school performace.
Grest program but it is under assult current in the legislative budget battle. The bad side of TOPS is that every year it has to be funded by tge legislature or students loss their scholarship. That happened for the dirst time in 201t-2016 and TOPs scholarships went down to 73% of tuition.
In PA there is a state grant tied to tuition cost, FAFSA EFC and need. I think minimum grant is $500 and maximum around $4,000. It phases out around $12,000 FAFSA EFC.
Ohio and NJ have something similar with different grant amounts for CC, public and private instate colleges.
Georgia has the Zell Miller and Hope Scholarships for in state students. The Zell Miller Scholarship will pay full tuition at any in-state public institution. High school students with a 3.7 GPA (recalculated by in-state commission) and a 1200 SAT or 26 ACT in one sitting and meet certain academic rigor requirements are eligible. Students must keep a 3.3 GPA in college to keep the Zell Miller. The Hope scholarship is available for high school students with a 3.0 GPA (recalculated by in-state commission) and have to keep a 3.0 GPA in college to continue receiving the scholarship. The Hope scholarship values are approximately 80% of the tuition amounts at Georgia in-state institutions.
Missouri has an A+ program. A lot of conditions have to be met, but they’ll cover the cost of CC. They also have a program to cover part-time tution for students with financial need who are already working at least 20 hours/week while attending school.