Financial Assistance

Financial assistance is available to those who qualify. Financial assistance may consist of a combination of loans, grants, scholarships and cash payments. Budgeting assistance is available for most students who choose to change their lives with a TechSkills education. This budgeting assistance for career changers  varies from campus to campus and from student to student, but there are many programs and payment plans available to help career changers pay for career training. Please see the web page for the campus you wish to attend for further information for programs available at that location.

In addition to scholarship and loan programs, you may be eligible for employer tuition assistance or tuition reimbursement. TechSkills offers access to accredited degree-based and certificate programs which allow eligible students to use their employer or military tuition benefits to pay for all or part of their TechSkills education.

Title IV
TechSkills Charlotte, Columbus, and Indianapolis campuses are approved for Title IV aid programs. This means that these campuses have been approved by the US Department of Education to offer Title IV funds to qualified students in qualified programs. Title IV funds for which TechSkills students may apply are Pell Grants, William D. Ford Federal Direct Stafford Loan Program and Direct PLUS loans (for parents of dependent students).

Contact us for more information.

Applying for Title IV Student Aid

Start the process to apply for Title IV funding by completing the Federal Application called the FAFSA.

Go to www.pin.ed.gov to apply for a pin – this allows you and your parents (if you are dependent) to electronically sign the FAFSA.

Then go to www.fafsa.ed.gov to complete the FAFSA application. You will need tax returns for you, your spouse and parents if applicable or W-2s if you have not yet filed. You will also need to know your current assets and non taxable income.  You can get a detailed explanation of all the questions on the FAFSA by going to: http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/completing_fafsa/index.html

The school code to enter on the FAFSA is:                   

• TechSkills Charlotte  040983
• TechSkills Columbus 041245
• TechSkills Indianapolis  041210

If you are interested in applying for Title TIV William D Ford Federal Direct Stafford Loan Program funds, you will also need to complete Entrance Loan Counseling and a Master Promissory Note. Please complete these processes at: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action  You will need your PIN to sign on.

When you are nearing Graduation or after you have left TechSkills, you will need to complete an Exit Loan Counseling session to ensure you know your rights and responsibilities as a Title TIV student loan recipient.  You will need to know your FAFSA pin number in order to receive credit for completing this counseling. If you do not remember your PIN, go to www.pin.ed.gov and request a duplicate PIN.   Please complete the Exit Counseling at the following website:  www.nslds.ed.gov.  You will need to click on Exit Counseling.  In addition to completing the Exit Counseling on-line, you may review the Department of Education’s Exit Counseling guide at: http://www.direct.ed.gov/pubs/exitcounselguide.pdf

WIA
Students at some TechSkills campuses may be eligible for financial aid through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). This government program can provide free scholarship money to eligible students in qualifying career training programs.

More information about WIA.

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