Tuition Assistance for NC residents??? (Raleigh, Welcome: credit, school, universities)

[shownuff]

Good day, everyone!

After visiting Raleigh, you realize how many great colleges there are in one general area. Believing that a move to Raleigh is imminent for my family, one question about higher education came up.

In New York, after you fill out Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), you are automatically sent to fill out New York State's Tuition Assistance Program application or known here as a "TAP award". Basically, its New York's way to help in the cost of higher education, provided that your deemed eligible and the money given is for a school you plan to attend in the state.

Besides public subsidized colleges which gives lower tuition for its residents and companies that help employees with tuition reimbursement, is there any state government "tuition assistance program" like the one in New York? What is the name(s) of this program(s)? Any links would be helpful, but not necessary.

Thanks for your time.

[Waterboy526]

You can automatically qualify for the Governors grant?? (can't remember the name) if you go to school for at least 12 credit hours a semester. They give you $900 a semester ($1800 a year) for taking at least 12 credits. Everyone and anyone is qualified for this as long as they attend full time and have been a state resident for at least one year (can attend public or private colleges/universities). It's not much, but it's free money. I'm not really sure about the programs for the "needy"?

[milton1234567]

Where do I go to apply for this grant?

[evaofnc]

When I went to NCSU I got some state grant money but it was done automatically through the aid package they offered me after filling out the FAFSA.

[brocco]

both duke and unc have generous need-based financial aid

[don6170]

The website for the College Foundation of North Carolina is CFNC - Welcome

[NC~Mom]

Originally Posted by evaofnc

When I went to NCSU I got some state grant money but it was done automatically through the aid package they offered me after filling out the FAFSA.

This is the same experience we had, once you fill out the FAFSA, any grants or state scholarships you may qualify for are automatically processed.

[saturnfan]

Remember, you pay much higher out-of-state tuition until you have been an NC resident for 12 months.

[saturnfan]

Originally Posted by Waterboy526

You can automatically qualify for the Governors grant?? (can't remember the name) if you go to school for at least 12 credit hours a semester. They give you $900 a semester ($1800 a year) for taking at least 12 credits. Everyone and anyone is qualified for this as long as they attend full time and have been a state resident for at least one year (can attend public or private colleges/universities). It's not much, but it's free money. I'm not really sure about the programs for the "needy"?

My 2 kids went to NC colleges. Never heard of this program.

There are state SEOG grants for those eligible for Pell Grants.

[Green Irish Eyes]

Note that this thread was started more than four years ago, which means that the OP's child is probably in his/her final year of college by now .....

Here's the question that revived the thread:

Where do I go to apply for this grant?