STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

Financial aid permits students who can benefit from graduate studies to achieve their educational goals even when their personal or family finances are limited. To implement these goals a variety of aid programs are designed to meet the needs of the Sam Houston State University students. The Student Financial Aid Office considers every student by providing individualized service.

Specific graduate financial aid programs which the university administers are as follows:

Scholarships

University Scholarships

Departmental Scholarships

Designated Scholarships

Grants

State Scholarship for Ethnic Recruitment

Texas Public Educational Grant

Texas Public Education State Student Incentive Grant

Employment

Student Assistance (Institutional)

Federal Work Study Program

Texas College Work Study Program

Loans

Short-term Loans (Institutional)

Emergency Tuition and Fees Loan (Institutional)

Federal Perkins Loan

Federal Stafford Loan

Additional Unsubsidized Student Loan

College Access Loan (Only for Texas residents and students paying state tuition.)

Various Sam Houston State University departments offer academic scholarships to students who major in the field of study offered through a given department. Any student interested in a specific department scholarship may request further information from the chair of that department.

Detailed information on all assistance programs, eligibility requirements, student budgets, priority dates, and the method of aid processing is located in the Financial Aid Quick Reference brochure. The bulletin and proper forms for aid consideration, may be obtained by inquiring in person, by writing to the Office of Student Financial Aid, Sam Houston State University, P.O. Box 2328, Huntsville, Texas 77341-2328, or by phoning (936) 294-1724.

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