How many times can you get a pell grant?
I’m in WA state and am looking at attending Community College for two years, then transferring to a 4 year university. How many times can you receive a Pell Grant? An old roommate of mine said you can only get them once, but I wasn’t sure if that was specific to her since she had defaulted on her loan and had to pay it back. What other types of grants can you only be eligible for once if that is the case? Should I wait until attending a 4 year to use a grant, because cost of living and tuition will be so much higher, or use it now to get equipment and learning tools that I can take with me when I transfer? I have 20 different people saying different things, and my phone won’t let me get on google, but the Yahoo Answers app works just fine.
it depends if you even qualify for pell grant… and it is possible to qualify in one year & then not in other years
household income, changes to the federal funding program (like what happened for 2012), and your academic performance, and loan limits (per year & aggregate) are all examples of things that can affect your pell grant funding
you can fill out FAFSA to use federal funding (this includes student loans as well as pell grants) for a total of 12 semester (or 6 years) — if you meet other qualifying factors to use FAFSA generated aid
however, consider that if you were to stop at associates degree… then you would be limited to 150% of the credits required for your degree & that means you would be cut-off @ 5-6 semesters… in order to use remaining semesters, you would need to continue for bachelor’s degree
SO I go to a community college and I actually asked my financial adviser about this because I have been going to school for 2 years and still have 3-4 more years to go, (slow paced) but I asked about pell grant and they told me that I wasn’t even close to hitting the limit. So trust me you should be fine, and NO it’s definitely more than 2 years. It’s 4 years minimum for sure.
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I’m in WA too 🙂
Assuming that your income is low enough, you can get a pell grant for up to 150% of your degree. So, about 6 years for a bachelor’s degree or 3 years for an associate’s degree (if you enroll full-time each term).
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it depends if you even qualify for pell grant… and it is possible to qualify in one year & then not in other years
household income, changes to the federal funding program (like what happened for 2012), and your academic performance, and loan limits (per year & aggregate) are all examples of things that can affect your pell grant funding
you can fill out FAFSA to use federal funding (this includes student loans as well as pell grants) for a total of 12 semester (or 6 years) — if you meet other qualifying factors to use FAFSA generated aid
however, consider that if you were to stop at associates degree… then you would be limited to 150% of the credits required for your degree & that means you would be cut-off @ 5-6 semesters… in order to use remaining semesters, you would need to continue for bachelor’s degree
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