Alaska Pell Grants and Participating Education Institutions
The Alaska Pell Grant is available to Alaska state resident undergraduate students studying towards a baccalaureate or first professional degree. In order to qualify to receive the Pell Grant, Alaska students must prove a need for financial aid and be enrolled at an education institution that participates in the Federal Student Aid Program.
The maximum level of Pell grant award available to Alaska students for the 2011/2012 academic year is $5,710, and the minimum is $550. The level of award that Alaska students receive will depend on their enrolment status and Expected Family Contributions.
Alaska students can use the federal Pell grant at any of the participating education institutions across the United States. However, if studying out of state, they should expect to pay out-of state tuition fees. As a result, because students would be Alaska residents, their Pell grant awards and any additional federal and Alaska state funded college grants they receive will not stretch as far as they would if studying at one of Alaska’s education institutions.
Below is the list of Alaska schools, colleges and universities that participate in the Alaska Pell Grant Program.
Alaska Bible College
Alaska Computer Institute
Alaska Pacific University
Alaska Vocational Technical Center
Career Academy
Charter College
Galena City School District – Project Education Residential School
Ilisagvik College
New Concepts Beauty School
Sheldon Jackson College
University of Alaska – Anchorage
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Southeast