Educational institutions in District of Columbia: profiles, services and practical information.
Changing direction after earning a science degree can mean paying for additional training before entering a classroom. The ACS-Hach Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Scholarshi…
View profile →For someone already working in chemistry, returning to school to teach secondary students means taking on tuition, training time, and a career transition. The ACS-Hach S…
View profile →Research costs during an undergraduate degree can add to tuition, books, and lab fees. The Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship, administered by the American Chemical Soci…
View profile →Federal health-profession scholarships can reduce education costs, but they often tie funding to later employment. VA lists programs for selected occupations needed acro…
View profile →BIE Higher Education aid is supplemental and is not an automatic entitlement or a scholarship applied for directly through BIE. The available official material says the…
View profile →The federal program authorizes vouchers of up to $5,000 per year or the cost of attendance, whichever is lower; actual awards depend on funding and local rules. The law…
View profile →Up to $8,000 in last-dollar aid and engagement-based supports; no new 2026–27 applicants funded.
View profile →Up to $4,000 based on remaining need, residency, income, college, and funds; current cycle is closed.
View profile →Starting in 2026–27, it may cover up to $15,000 per year of the in-state/out-of-state tuition difference at public colleges, or up to $3,750 at eligible private institut…
View profile →Publishes DCTAG, DC Futures, Mayor’s Scholars, handbooks, and budget notices.
View profile →FAFSA must be completed each year so schools can assess federal aid and, often, state and institutional aid; filing does not require accepting loans.
View profile →Federal grant aid that generally does not need to be repaid by eligible students; annual FAFSA, with an individual amount shaped by Student Aid Index, cost of attendance…
View profile →At a Title IV-participating institution, a student with an intellectual disability enrolled or accepted in an approved CTP may qualify for non-loan federal aid: Pell Gra…
View profile →FAFSA lets students apply for aid; it does not by itself establish that a course is an approved Workforce Pell program. The college verifies that status and calculates a…
View profile →The Federal Student Aid Information Center lists 1-800-433-3243 for general FAFSA guidance. Questions about courses at a specific facility should go to the PEP administr…
View profile →On the FAFSA, a student who is not living with a parent or guardian and is an unaccompanied homeless youth, or self-supporting and at risk of homelessness, may qualify a…
View profile →A college may use professional judgment case by case to adjust certain FAFSA data, the Student Aid Index, or cost-of-attendance components after documented changes. The…
View profile →Parent PLUS is a federal loan owed by the parent, not a student grant. New limits apply from July 1, 2026, with a transition exception for some students already enrolled…
View profile →For 2026–27, the Special Rule covers children of parents/guardians killed in active-duty military service on or after 9/11 or while performing public-safety duties, who…
View profile →Pell is available during incarceration only when the student enrolls in a Prison Education Program (PEP) that meets federal rules. The official page distinguishes these…
View profile →Available beginning in the 2026–27 award year, this aid does not cover every boot camp or short course. The program must meet length, completion and job-placement metric…
View profile →The handbook separates financial special circumstances (possible SAI/cost adjustment) from unusual circumstances (possible dependency review). The college financial-aid…
View profile →The center helps with federal applications and StudentAid.gov accounts; it does not set a college’s cost of attendance or replace the school’s student-specific limit cal…
View profile →Federal aid for undergraduates with exceptional financial need; priority goes to students with the lowest SAI who receive Pell; funding is limited and each school determ…
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