This scholarship is designed to support Vermonters transferring to Vermont Tech from an out-of-state institution, or those returning to Vermont Tech after exiting the college in 2020-2021. This program’s mission is to help students come “home” to Vermont or to complete their degree if they left college without finishing it in the last year. This scholarship is for the 2021-2022 academic year for all undergraduate degree and certificate programs.
This scholarship is part of the state-funded Critical Occupations Scholarships and is applied after institutional, state and federal gift aid is applied. Combined aid may not exceed the student’s total cost of tuition, fees, institutional room and board (or budgeted living allowance if living off campus), and an allowance for books.
Criteria
Applicants must:
- Be newly accepted into a degree or certificate program
- Meet Vermont residency requirements per Policy 301
- Students must be transferring from an out-of-state institution, or have exited (or were granted a formal leave of absence from any higher education institution (including a VSC institution) between March 1, 2020 and May 1, 2021.
- Eligible transfer students are those who were enrolled in an out-of-state institution or those who exited any institution of higher education in the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 academic years.
Application Details
Students must apply and be accepted to the college and complete a FAFSA form. Accepted applicants that meet the above requirements will be automatically considered for this scholarship.