Loans available for parents of Undergraduate students from the US Department of Education

The financial aid identified on your Financial Aid Offer Notification is being offered to you with the following conditions. Please also reference the UIS Student Guide to Financial Aid for more details.

Study Abroad programs, also known as Global Experience programs, can be taken during any semester at UIS.  Students wishing to study abroad must complete a Global Experience Application with The Office of International Programs. The Office of International Programs will help guide the student through the pre-approval process and determine if the program can be used for educational credit at UIS. Once the program has been approved, the student may apply for financial assistance to assist with the cost of the program.

The Department of Education recently published new regulations which affect students who repeat courses. These regulations may impact your financial aid eligibility and awards, including Pell Grant, SEOG Grant, Direct Loans, Federal Work-Study. Beginning with the Spring 2012 semester, regulations prevent the Financial Aid Office from paying for a course that has been passed and repeated more than one time. In order for a repeated course to be counted towards your enrollment status for financial aid purposes, you may only repeat a previously passed course once (a total of two attempts).

There are very few Certificate Programs that are eligible for financial aid. Only course work required for the program will be considered in calculating aid eligibility. Students must meet all eligibility requirements prior to disbursement. The eligible Licensure and Certificate Programs are indicated below.

Second bachelor’s degree-seeking undergraduate students should apply for financial aid by following the same procedures as other undergraduate students.

A student must be fully admitted into an eligible degree program and be enrolled as a regular student in order to receive financial aid funds. A regular student is defined as someone who is enrolled or accepted for enrollment for the purpose of obtaining a degree or certificate offered by the University of Illinois Springfield. 

MAP Grant Required Award Notification

All schools are required by Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) to announce Monetary Award Program (MAP) Grant estimated awards to all eligible students enrolled at their institutions. Schools are required to clearly identify the awards on the award notification as: State of IL MAP Grant (Est).

Below is the ISAC required language schools must provide to students, by active aid year.

Please visit the ISAC website for full details on the MAP Grant (Est) program. 

An easy way to learn about other scholarships, their criteria, and their deadline dates is to complete an online search.  In completing this search, please be aware of the information you disclose and that scholarship information and offers are legitimate.  Remember that you should not have to pay to find scholarships or other types of aid. 

Other resources that you could utilize in finding scholarships are as follows:

The Lifetime Learning Tax Credit

The lifetime learning credit helps parents and students pay for post-secondary education.