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Louisiana College Scholarships
If you live in Louisiana, you are probably quite fond of your home and have considered staying in state to attend college. While studying in your home state can reduce tuition fees remarkably, it will probably still be difficult to pay for your tuition from your own assets. Financial aid is necessary for many to attend college and achieve their goals of earning a degree. Louisiana scholarships can assist you in this aspiration by taking up where federal grants have left off, assisting you with the leftover (and usually hefty) fees.
The most commonly awarded scholarships come from Louisiana's Tuition Opportunity Program for Students, or TOPS, designed to reward students based on merit. The program consists of four different scholarship levels: the Opportunity Award, the Performance Award, the Performance Award 2, and the Honors Award. These are disbursed to students pursuing a program at a public or independent state college or university in maximum amounts between $400 and $800, depending on the award. For those pursuing education at a technical or vocational school, there is also the TOPS Tech Program.
The LEAP (Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership) is a federally funded program available to Louisiana students, awarding monies between $200 and $2000 to students maintaining a GPA of at least 2.0. As a needs-based scholarship, students can qualify through completion of the FAFSA.
There are also specialized Louisiana scholarships based on studies, such as the Rockefeller Wildlife Scholarship. This is awarded to students pursuing wildlife management or forestry degrees. Eligible students are Louisiana residents enrolled in undergraduate programs at a public college or university within the state. Scholarships are renewable.
List of Louisiana Scholarships
- Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance — $200 to $2000 awarded each year to undergraduate students attending a Louisiana college.
- Louisiana Scholarship — Up to $1000 awarded each year to freshmen undergraduate student attending a Louisiana college.
- Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship-Louisiana — Up to $6000 awarded each year to one senior undergraduate student who is Louisiana resident.
- Tops Alternate Performance Award — Varied amount awarded each year to varied number of undergraduate students attending a Louisiana college.
- Tops Honors Award — Varied amount awarded each year to varied number of undergraduate students attending a Louisiana college.
- Tops Opportunity Award — $741 to $3094 awarded each year to undergraduate students attending a Louisiana college.
- Tops Performance Award — varied amount awarded each year to varied number of undergraduate students attending a Louisiana college.
- Tops Tech Award — $741 to $1592 awarded each year to freshmen or sophomore students attending a Louisiana college.
Paying for school is not easy, but we are here to help. OEDb's student finance section will help you find the money you need to pay your tuition and other college expenses. We cover scholarships, college grants, and student loans. Scholarships and grants are both forms of "free money", meaning they don't need to be paid back. Scholarships are typically awarded by businesses or individuals, with the money being earmarked specifically for tuition. They can be awarded based on a student's location or by religious affiliation, such as Catholicism or Islam. Grants are typically awarded by governments or non-profit organizations and the money often can be applied to several different expenses a student may incur, not solely tuition. They can be awarded based on location or ethnicity, for instance African American or Hispanic. Loans are not considered "free money", because unlike scholarships and grants, they do need to be paid back after graduation. Common federal loans include Perkins and Stafford. Loans are also available by location.