Military Tuition Assistance Opportunities
College will be many things to you: an education, a life experience, a stepping stone to your career. It will also be an investment.
The Office of Student Financial Services is ready to help. Saint Leo University is an exceptional value. Each year, we help students finance their education through a combination of grants, scholarships, loans, work-study, and payment plans. Of our traditional-age students, 92% receive financial aid of some sort and over 91% receive grant and scholarship aid they don’t have to pay back.
Saint Leo University offers several programs to assist you with the responsibilities of paying for your education. From student loans to scholarships, we will help you find an assistance program that matches your needs.
ALERT! Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005
Two new student aid grant programs were created by a federal law that went into effect on July 1, 2006. They are the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) and the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant).
Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
The Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) is for first-year undergraduate students (eligible to receive up to $750) and second-year undergraduate students (eligible to receive up to $1,300).
To be eligible for an ACG, you must:
- Be a U.S. citizen;
- Be Federal Pell Grant eligible;
- Be enrolled full-time in a degree program;
- Be enrolled in the first or second academic year of your program of study at a two-year or four-year degree-granting institution;
- Have completed a rigorous secondary school program of study (after January 1, 2006, if a first-year student, and after January 1, 2005, if a second year student);
- Not have been previously enrolled in an undergraduate program (if you are a first-year student); and
- Have at least a cumulative 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the first academic year (if you are a second-year student).
National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant)
The National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant) is for third- and fourth-year undergraduate students who are eligible to receive up to $ 4,000 each year.
To be eligible for a National SMART Grant you must:
- Be a U.S. citizen;
- Be Federal Pell Grant eligible;
- Be enrolled full-time pursuing a major in physical, life or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, engineering, or a critical foreign language; and
- Have at least a cumulative 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
Contact a financial aid advisor today to determine eligability for these and other financial aid programs.
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