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GEORGIA TUITION EQUALIZATION GRANT

OBJECTIVES:
  1. To promote the private segment of higher education in Georgia by providing non-repayable grant aid to Georgia residents who attend eligible independent colleges and universities in Georgia.
  2. To provide non-repayable grant aid to residents of Georgia who live near the State borders to attend certain four-year public colleges out-of-state, so that a four-year public college is equally available to all Georgians.
 

FUNDING:

State Appropriation
 

ELIGIBILITY:
  1. Be enrolled as a full-time (12 hours) student at an eligible private college or university in Georgia; or be a junior or senior enrolled full-time in an eligible four-year public college outside of Georgia that is within 50 miles of the student's home residence and where there is no four-year public college located in Georgia within 50 miles of the student's home residence;
  2. Be an undergraduate student in a program of study leading to a college degree;
  3. Be maintaining satisfactory academic progress;
  4. Be a legal resident of Georgia and U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident Alien;
  5. Have no defaulted student loan or refund due on a state grant or scholarship;
  6. Meet Selective Service requirements;
  7. Be in compliance with the Georgia Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act of 1990.
  8. Receive TEG payment for no more than 127 semester/190 quarter hours.
 

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
  1. Complete e-TEG electronic application or printable TEG application.
  2. Complete an affidavit to verify mileage (out-of-state only).
  3. The deadline date is set by the school.
 

Click here for printable TEG Applications.

 

AWARD:

$900 per academic year
 

FY 2004 AWARDS:

$24,186,668
 

FY 2004 RECIPIENTS:

32,457
 

GTEG-ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS
  1. Agnes Scott College
  2. American Intercontinental University
  3. Andrew College
  4. Argosy University
  5. Art Institute of Atlanta
  6. Atlanta Christian College
  7. Atlanta College of Art
  8. Bauder College
  9. Berry College
  10. Brenau University
  11. Brewton-Parker College
  12. Clark Atlanta University
  13. Covenant College
  14. DeVry University
  15. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  16. Emmanuel College
  17. Emory University
  18. Georgia Military College
  19. Herzing College
  20. LaGrange College
  21. Life University
  22. Mercer University
  23. Morehouse College
  24. Oglethorpe University
  25. Oxford College of Emory University
  26. Paine College
  27. Piedmont College
  28. Reinhardt College
  29. Savannah College of Art & Design
  30. Shorter College
  31. Spelman College
  32. South University
  33. Thomas University
  34. Toccoa Falls College
  35. Truett-McConnell College
  36. Wesleyan College
  37. Young Harris College
 

OUT-OF-STATE SCHOOLS
  1. Clemson University
  2. Florida A&M University
  3. Florida State University
  4. University of Tennessee/Chattanooga
  5. Jacksonville State University/Jacksonville, AL
 

Last Update: 01/24/2005

Georgia Student Finance Commission
2082 East Exchange Place Tucker, Georgia 30084
(770) 724-9000 or 1-800-505-GSFC (4732) FAX (770) 724-9089