Suggested Application Deadlines:

Penn State- Nov 1 (EA), or Nov 30 for priority

Temple- Nov 1 (EA)

UPitt- Rolling (by Nov 30)

Grants and Scholarships:

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Authority

• PHEAA gives grants if a student will be a graduate of a PA high school and they will attend a PHEAA approved school at least half-time for at least two years. This does not apply to online programs. A student must have made satisfactory academic progress and cannot have been incarcerated.
• Awards vary in amount, maximum for 2014-2015 was $4,011 for in-state schools, $512 for out of state. Must be renewed each year.
• PHEAA Academic Excellence Scholarship Award Program
  • PA high school seniors who showcase academic merit can apply. Open to all majors. Maximum award is $1,500.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Scholarship

• Graduating seniors and legal residents of PA, with a minimum 3.0 GPA, planning to attend any 4 year college in PA, and demonstrating leadership and community service.

Core Philly Scholarship Program

• Open to residents of Philadelphia who graduated from a Philly HS.
• Award amounts vary by scholarship
• RISE Scholarship
• Promise Scholarship

Postsecondary Education Gratuity Program

• Open to PA residents who are children of those who lost their lives while performing duties as PA police officers, firefighters, first responders, correctional officers, or National Guard members after Jan. 1, 1976.
• Must be enrolled at a PA community college, state-owned institution, or state-related institution full-time.

Kids Chance of Pennsylvania

• Offered to students who demonstrate financial need due to the death or severe injury of a parent at work. The injury must qualify according to the requirements set by the PA Workers Compensation Act.
• Around 50 recipients chosen, average award of $3,286 for 2015-2016 school year.

Pennsylvania has not passed legislation to provide in-state tuition to undocumented students. Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE)- 14 Universities that make up the PASSHE system provide in-state tuition rates to anyone who has been “domiciled” in Pennsylvania. Under this policy, undocumented students may pay in-state tuition if they can provide clear and convincing evidence of having been “domiciled” in Pennsylvania.

PASSHE Schools: Bloomsburg, Cheyney, East Stroudsburg, Indiana, Lock Haven, Millersville, Slippery Rock, California, Clarion, Edinboro, Kutztown, Mansfield, Shippensburg, West Chester

Other Pennsylvania state schools may consider admitting undocumented students at in-state tuition rates but such practices are neither uniform nor part of an established policy.

PA Immigrant Toolkit for Undocumented Students (includes info on private schools in PA as well)

Supporting Undocumented/DACA Students in Pennsylvania presentation with private & community college info.

Private colleges that meet 100% of need for undocumented students

• Bryn Mawr College
• Haverford College
• Swarthmore College
• University of Pennsylvania

Resource guide from PA State Dept. of Education

Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Pennsylvania

PASSHE

Penn State Campuses

PA Transfer & Articulation Center

First Generation, Low Income Program through UPenn