Sunday, July 29, 2012

Different Types of College Scholarships in Utah


Figuring out what to do after high school is an intimidating endeavor. For most, college is the way, but many must figure out how they are going to pay for it first.There are multiple different ways to pay for college, especially here in Utah. Even if a long drawn out career isn't in order, you can still get a technical degree at a Utah college and be extremely successful.
Technical degrees from colleges in Utah are great ways to start making a living in a hard economy as their success rates are always high. Paying for a Utah college can seem stiff ticket, but there are scholarships for essentially anything you can think of. The most common of them are scholarships for good students, scholarships for technical, research, undergraduate, doctoral, masters, pretty much anything. Here are some of Utah's most sought after college scholarships.
The Utah State Board of Regents' College Scholarship 
This scholarship is for Utah college bound high schoolers. The base of the scholarship is $1,000 and must have scored at least a 26 on the ACT and have a high school accumulative GPA of at least 3.5.

The Centennial Scholarship 
Of all the college scholarships in Utah, this is one of the more coveted. It works slightly different than a typical scholarship as it gives $250 for each quarter a high school student graduates early. If they graduate four quarters early at a Utah school and head off to college a year early, they earn $1,000. Eight quarters and that number doubles.

The New Century Scholarship Program 
In 1999, the Utah Legislature created this scholarship to provide monetary funds for college for Utah residential students. The program gives help to students who complete the curriculum suggested by the Utah System of Higher Education in math and science by Sept. 1 of that academic year with a 3.0 cumulative GPA. They also give consideration to those with an Associates degree in the same subjects at a Utah college.

The T.H. Bell Incentive Loan Program, or TILP 
This program is one of the only scholarship programs in Utah for a graduate college education that gives it's recipients full tuition and fees for completion of their education. It is given in conjunction with Utah's preparation program for teachers. This isn't a bona fide scholarship, but rather a teacher enters an agreement with Utah to teach after college in a Utah school once a certificate is obtained. The program tends to favor] Utah College students who are pursuing degrees in special education, math and science.

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