Fulltime Undergraduate Financial Aid
Students who are seeking their first bachelor’s degree, and enroll for at least 12 or more credit hours per semester are considered fulltime. A semester consists of day and evening classes. The following assistance may be available to fulltime students at the time they are admitted to the College.
Notre Dame College Scholarships and Grants
Val/Sal Scholarship: Awarded to select incoming fulltime traditional age freshmen that are valedictorian or salutatorian of their high school class at the end of the first semester of their senior year. This scholarship is renewable for eight more semesters, provided the student maintains the minimum accumulative GPA of 3.0.
Presidential Honors Scholarship: Awarded to select incoming fulltime students that are high achieving academic students based on their SAT or ACT scores. This scholarship is renewable for eight more semesters, provided the student performs at the required accumulative GPA level 2.75.
Notre Dame Achievement Grant: Awarded to select incoming fulltime traditional students based upon their ACT or SAT test score and cumulative GPA. This scholarship is renewable for eight more semesters, provided the student maintains good academic standing.
Notre Dame Grant: Awarded to incoming fulltime traditional students who possess special talent or potential for enriching the campus atmosphere and/or financial need.
Choose Ohio First Scholarship (STEM): Awarded to accepted students planning to major in Biology, who have a cumulative high school GPA of at least 3.0
Band Scholarship/Theater Scholarship/Cheerleading Scholarship/Choir Scholarship/Leadership Scholarship
The above scholarships maybe awarded to select incoming fulltime traditional age students who possess special talent or potential for enriching the campus atmosphere and/or financial need.
GOAL Grant: Awarded to adult students. Qualified participants will receive this grant based on financial need and academic merit.
Family/Alumni Plan: Special family tuition rates are available to incoming fulltime students who have a brother/sister/parent attending Notre Dame College as a full time matriculating undergraduate student or whose parent or grandparent is an alumni of the college.
Federal and State Funds
*Awards are based on regulations established by federal and state governments.
Federal Pell Grant: Awarded to eligible undergraduate students who have not earned a bachelors or professional degree.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG): Given to undergraduates with exceptional financial need. Priority is given to students who receive a Federal Pell Grant.
Federal Perkins Loan: Low-interest (5%) loan for undergraduate students with exceptional financial need. Repayment begins nine months after you graduate, leave school, or drop below half-time attendance. A Perkins Loan promissory note will be mailed to you.
Federal Direct Subsidized Stafford Loan/Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan: Low interest loans available for both degree seeking undergraduate and graduate students. Repayment begins six months after you cease to attend on at least a half-time basis. Half-time enrollment is six undergraduate or graduate credits per semester at Notre Dame College. Interest on the Unsubsidized Stafford Loan accrues while you are in school. You have the option to pay the interest as it accrues or you may defer paying the interest.
Federal College Work Study or College Work Study Program: This program allows you to work on campus for a maximum of 17.5 hours per week and earn up to the amount of your work-study award for each term. These funds are awarded by semester and unearned funds from one semester may not be carried over to the next. These awards are based on need. Student must locate employment on campus by the second week in September or forfeit their award.
Ohio College Opportunity Grant: Funding for the Ohio College Opportunity Grant (OCOG) has not yet been determined by the Ohio Board of Regents. OCOG award amounts are an estimate and may be revised pending notification by OBOR.
Part-time Undergraduate Financial Aid
Students seeking their first undergraduate degree who enroll between 6 and 11 credit hours during a semester are considered part-time for financial aid purposes. The following terms may be combined:
a. Fall Semester (includes D1 and D2)
b. Spring Semester (includes D3 and D4)
The following financial aid is available to part-time undergraduate students:
Federal Pell Grant: Awarded to undergraduate students who have high financial need and have not earned a bachelors or professional degree.
Federal Subsidized Stafford Loan/Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loan: Low interest loans available for both degree seeking undergraduate and graduate students. Repayment begins six months after you cease to attend on at least a half-time basis. Half-time enrollment is six undergraduate or graduate credits per semester at Notre Dame College. Interest on the Unsubsidized Stafford Loan accrues while you are in school. You have the option to pay the interest as it accrues or you may defer paying the interest and let it accumulate. Loans are processed at undergraduate loan limits per federal regulation.
Teacher Licensure Program Financial Aid
Students must enroll 6 or more credit hours during a semester. The following terms may be combined:
a. Fall Semester (includes D1 and D2)
b. Spring Semester (includes D3 and D4)
Federal Subsidized Stafford Loan/Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loan: Low interest loans available for both degree seeking undergraduate and graduate students. Repayment begins six months after you cease to attend on at least a half-time basis. Half-time enrollment is six undergraduate or graduate credits per semester at Notre Dame College. Interest on the Unsubsidized Stafford Loan accrues while you are in school. You have the option to pay the interest as it accrues or you may defer paying the interest and let it accumulate. Loans are processed at undergraduate loan limits per federal regulation.
Graduate Student Financial Aid
Students accepted into the Graduate Masters of Education program (M.Ed) or Master of Security Policy Studies (M.A.) as degree seeking students are eligible for federal financial aid listed below. Students must enroll 6 or more credit hours during a semester. The following terms may be combined:
a. Fall Semester (includes D1 and D2)
b. Spring Semester (includes D3 and D4)
Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loan: Low interest loans available for both degree seeking undergraduate and graduate students. Repayment begins six months after you cease to attend on at least a half-time basis. Half-time enrollment is six undergraduate or graduate credits per semester at Notre Dame College. Interest on the Unsubsidized Stafford Loan accrues while you are in school. You have the option to pay the interest as it accrues or you may defer paying the interest and let it accumulate.
Federal Teach Grant/Loan Program: Students enrolled in the M.Ed. program, with a major of Mild Moderate Intervention Specialist, may apply for a Federal TEACH Grant. Refer to the TEACH Grant Program for application and further requirements and obligations. Note: a student receiving a TEACH Grant must fulfill the teaching obligation or the grant will convert to an unsubsidized Stafford loan, with interest accruing from the date of disbursement.
