Health Care Administration Scholarships Scholarships are one of the best ways to finance your education. They offer tuition help that you'll never have to pay back. And the good news is that scholarships aren't just for high school football stars and valedictorians. If you've decided to study health care administration, scholarships are available to help you reach your education and career goals. Professional organizations are often some of the best resources for finding health care administration scholarships. Because their mission is to help professionals in their field succeed, they are often willing and able to help students get the health care administration training they need. One example of a professional organization offering scholarship opportunities is the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Through their Foundation of Research and Education (FORE) they offer merit scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students pursuing degrees in health information administration and health information technology. To qualify, students must have at least one full semester (six or more hours) of classes remaining in their course of study at the time the award is granted. For more information see the AHIMA website. Many schools also offer scholarship opportunities. So when you're investigating your options for health care administration scholarships, don't forget to look into grants and scholarships that may be available through your school or its alumni associations.  Financial Aid for Health Care Administration Students The Federal Student Aid programs are the largest source of college financial assistance, providing billions of dollars in funding each year through a variety of methods: as gift aid in the form of grants (money that does not have to be repaid), as self-help aid in the form of work study (job earnings) and loans (money that must be paid back at interest). - Pell grants
- Stafford loans, available either through the Direct Loan (DL) program or the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program
- PLUS loans for parents (also available through the DL or FFEL programs)
- Consolidation loans (DL or FFEL)
- Federal Work Study (FWS)
- Perkins loans
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG)
Pell Grants A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, does not have to be repaid. Pell Grants are awarded usually only to undergraduate students who have not earned a bachelor's or a professional degree. (In some cases, however, a student enrolled in a post-baccalaureate teacher certification program might receive a Pell Grant.) Pell Grants are considered a foundation of federal financial aid, to which aid from other federal and non-federal sources might be added. Stafford Loans (Student Loans) Stafford loans are also known as the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) program. Under the Direct Loan program, the funds for your loan come directly from the federal government. Funds for your FFEL will come from a bank, credit union or other lender that participates in the program. PLUS Loans (Parent Loans) Parents can borrow a PLUS Loan to help pay education expenses if the student is a dependent undergraduate student enrolled at least half time in an eligible program at an eligible school. PLUS Loans are available through the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program. For applications and more information on federal financial aid go to:
http://studentaid.ed.gov |
