Financial Aid Eligibility for Graduate Certificate Programs
In general, students must be degree-seeking in order to be eligible for federal financial aid. Many students are enrolled in a certificate program at the same time as they are enrolled in a Master's degree program.
Students who are solely enrolled in a certificate program will only be eligible for federal financial aid if enrolled in one of the following programs:
- Alcohol & Substance Abuse
- Chief School Business Official (Post-Master's Certificate in Educational Leadership)
- Community Health Education
- Educational Technology
- Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security
- English as a Second Language
- Environmental Risk Assessment
- Epidemiology
- Legal Aspects of Education
- Nonprofit Management
- School Superintendent (Post-Master's Certificate in Educational Leadership)
A complete list of all currently offered graduate certificate programs may be found in the UIS academic catalog in the Degrees Offered section.