To be eligible for a TEACH Grant, you must do the following:

• Meet the  basic eligibility criteria for the federal student aid programs.
• Complete the  Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA ^®) form .
• Be enrolled at a school that participates in the TEACH Grant Program.
• Be enrolled in a TEACH-Grant-eligible program.
• Meet certain academic achievement requirements (generally, scoring above the 75th percentile on one or more portions of a college admissions test or maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25).
• To qualify for a TEACH Grant as a graduate student in your first term of enrollment, your cumulative undergraduate grade point average must have been at least 3.25.
• Receive  TEACH Grant counseling that explains the terms and conditions of the TEACH Grant service obligation. You must complete counseling each year that you receive a TEACH Grant.

Undergraduate: For an undergraduate student, a program must require the student to enroll for at least 12 credit hours in each term in the award year to qualify as full time. 

Graduate: For a graduate student, each term in the award year, a student must meet the minimum full-time enrollment of 9 hours in each term in the award year to qualify as full time. 

The Scheduled Award for TEACH Grants is $4,000, and the annual awards are:

Full-time .......................................... $4,000

3/4-time........................................... $3,000

1/2-time........................................... $2,000

less-than-1/2-time ...........................$1,000

Undergraduate:

An undergraduate student may receive the equivalent of up to four Scheduled Awards ($16,000) during the period required for completion of a  first bachelor’s degree program and  first post-baccalaureate program of study combined.

Graduate:

A graduate student is eligible to receive the equivalent of up to two Scheduled Awards ($8,000) during the period required for completion of a TEACH Grant-eligible master’s degree program.

To receive a TEACH Grant, you must sign a  TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve or Repay in which you agree to

• Serve as a full-time teacher for four elementary or secondary school years at a school or educational service agency that serves low-income students;
• Teach in a high-need fields:
  • Bilingual education and English language acquisition
  • Foreign language
  • Mathematics
  • Reading specialist
  • Science (including, but not limited to, computer science
  • Special education
• In addition to the fields listed above, high-need fields also include any other field listed as high-need in the Department’s annual  Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide Listing (also known as the “Nationwide List”).
• Complete the required four years of teaching within eight years after you graduate from or otherwise cease to be enrolled at the institution of higher education where you received your TEACH Grants.

TEACH Grants Can Convert Into Loans

If you do not meet the requirements of your service obligation, all TEACH Grants you received will be converted to  Direct Unsubsidized Loans. You must repay these loans in full, with interest charged from the date of each TEACH Grant disbursement.

TEACH Grant-Eligible Programs

A TEACH Grant-eligible program is a program of study that is designed to prepare you to teach in a high-need field and that leads to a bachelor’s or master’s degree or is a postbaccalaureate program. A two-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s degree is considered a program that leads to a bachelor’s degree. A postbaccalaureate program is  not TEACH Grant-eligible if it is offered by a school that also offers a bachelor’s degree in education.

Schools that participate in the TEACH Grant Program determine which of the programs they offer are TEACH-Grant-eligible. A program that is TEACH-Grant-eligible at one school might not be TEACH-Grant-eligible at another school. Additionally, even if a program meets the eligibility requirements to be a TEACH-Grant-eligible program, it may not be designated as TEACH-Grant-eligible by the school. ‘

For additional TEACH Grant Information, click here: TEACH Grant