LibGuides: LaGuardia Student Success: Financial Aid, Scholarships, & Work

Resources

Federal Student Aid Estimator
- Estimate your eligibility for Federal and other types of financial aid.
How Financial Aid Works
- Information about types of financial aid, the application processes, and student loan repayment.
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
- Submit this official application to be considered for financial aid money.
Guide to Completing the FAFSA Application
- Step-by-step guide to fill-in the FAFSA application.
Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
- Site to apply for New York State student aid money. Gives information about the New York State Tuition Assistance Program or TAP.
Part-Time TAP
- Information New York State money for part-time students.
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
- Information about New York State money for college, repaying loans, and loan forgiveness.

Scholarship Search
- This page on the CUNY Web site has links to four different FREE, online scholarship search tools.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship Programs
- The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s scholarship programs are designed to encourage and support outstanding students who work hard and have financial need. Our scholarships provide financial assistance and academic support to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.
Kaplan Foundation Scholarships
- Provides tuition assistance to low-income Black, Latino and Native American students of exceptional merit transfer from associate’s degree programs to top four-year colleges, while preparing them to succeed academically and assume leadership roles in their professions and communities.
OpportunityNYCHA
- Offers general and application information for three college scholarships for public housing residents: The Cannon Heyman & Weiss Scholarship Fund, the NYCHA-CUNY Resident Scholarship, and the Regina A. Figueroa Memorial Scholarship
LaGuardia Community College Foundation Scholarships
- Scholarships are awarded based on financial need, academic performance, community service, and extracurricular activities. Scholarship applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so students needing financial assistance are encouraged to apply.
LaGuardia Community College Faculty Council Scholarships
- A list of scholarships and awards (with their respective application links) that are offered by LaGuardia Community College's Faculty Council.

GI Bill Comparison Tool
- This tool will give you an idea of the percentage of tuition and fees your Post- 9/11 GI Bill beneifts will cover. The Post- 9/11 GI Bill is an education benefit program for individuals who served on active duty after September 10, 2001 that can cover be use to cover 100% of the tuition and fees charged by public colleges.
Summary of VA Education Benefits
- A seven page booklet that outlines the education benefits veterans may receive through the Veterans Benefits Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Briefly describes the different benefit programs and how they funds may be used.
Higher Education Services Corporation: Veterans Tuition Awards
- Veterans Tuition Awards (VTA) are awards for full-time study and part-time study for eligible veterans matriculated in an approved program at an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting institution or in an approved vocational training program in New York State.

The College Blue Book by Macmillan (Editor)
Call Number: L901

ISBN: 9780028662732

Publication Date: 2015-02-13

Guide to thousands of 2-and 4-year schools in the U.S. and Canada. Covers the expected listings and detailed descriptions, degree programs offered, scholarships, and occupational education programs.
Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans: A Guide to Education-related Financial Aid Programs for Students and Professionals by Galè
Call Number: LB2337.2

ISBN: 9781573027120

Publication Date: 2014-12-11

Profiles more than 7,300 scholarships, fellowships, loans, internships, work study, and other education-related financial aid available to high school students, undergraduates, graduates, post-graduates, and professionals.
College Board Scholarship Handbook by College Board
Call Number: Reference - LB2338.C597 2016

Publication Date: 2016

Contains descriptions of more than 2,100 scholarship, internship and loan programs across the country. Easy-to-use eligibility indexes based on residence, ethnicity, field of study, religious affiliation and more.

LaGuardia Student Success: Financial Aid, Scholarships, & Work

Resources

Estimate your eligibility for Federal and other types of financial aid.

Information about types of financial aid, the application processes, and student loan repayment.

Submit this official application to be considered for financial aid money.

Step-by-step guide to fill-in the FAFSA application.

Site to apply for New York State student aid money. Gives information about the New York State Tuition Assistance Program or TAP.

Information New York State money for part-time students.

Information about New York State money for college, repaying loans, and loan forgiveness.

This page on the CUNY Web site has links to four different FREE, online scholarship search tools.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s scholarship programs are designed to encourage and support outstanding students who work hard and have financial need. Our scholarships provide financial assistance and academic support to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.

Provides tuition assistance to low-income Black, Latino and Native American students of exceptional merit transfer from associate’s degree programs to top four-year colleges, while preparing them to succeed academically and assume leadership roles in their professions and communities.

Offers general and application information for three college scholarships for public housing residents: The Cannon Heyman & Weiss Scholarship Fund, the NYCHA-CUNY Resident Scholarship, and the Regina A. Figueroa Memorial Scholarship

Scholarships are awarded based on financial need, academic performance, community service, and extracurricular activities. Scholarship applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so students needing financial assistance are encouraged to apply.

A list of scholarships and awards (with their respective application links) that are offered by LaGuardia Community College's Faculty Council.

A seven page booklet that outlines the education benefits veterans may receive through the Veterans Benefits Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Briefly describes the different benefit programs and how they funds may be used.

Veterans Tuition Awards (VTA) are awards for full-time study and part-time study for eligible veterans matriculated in an approved program at an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting institution or in an approved vocational training program in New York State.