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LaGuardia Student Success: Financial Aid, Scholarships, & Work

Resources

 
  • 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.
       
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