State Programs

Types of Aid Available: Kentucky State Financial Aid

Kentucky Tuition Grant (KTG)
KTGs currently provide up to $2,900 per year to qualifying Kentucky residents attending Kentucky’s independent colleges on a full-time basis.

College Access Program Grant (CAP)
The CAP Grant currently provides up to $1,900 per year to qualifying Kentucky residents attending Kentucky private colleges.  Students enrolled part-time are eligible to receive $79 per credit hour under this program.

If a recipient does not complete the program in the prescribed time or does not render qualified teaching service, the scholarship becomes a loan and the recipient is required to repay the scholarship with interest.

The maximum award for a full-time freshman or sophomore is $1,250 an academic year.  A full-time junior, senior, or graduate student may receive a maximum of $5,000 an academic year.

Contact Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) for more information on any of these programs.

Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES)
The KEES program rewards Kentucky students for good grades in high school.  Beginning in the 1998-99 school year, students who make a C+ average or better will qualify for KEES funds.  The better students do, the more money they will earn for college.  Bonus funds are awarded for students who make a 15 or better on the ACT.

KEES scholarships can be used at any Kentucky college or university, private or public.

For more information, contact your high school guidance counselor.