South Carolina – College Financial Aid Directory

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State Financial Aid Programs

• LIFE Scholarships - Merit scholarship for full-time students: $4,700 a year if you attend SC four-year college, up to cost-of-tuition if you attend two-year college. No application ... automatic award. But freshman eligibility requirements increase each year, so hit the books!
  

• Palmetto Fellows Scholarships - Merit scholarship for students who attend SC four-year college full-time: $6,700 a year. Requires 1200+ SAT or 27+ ACT.
  

• South Carolina HOPE Scholarships - Merit scholarship for entering freshmen who attend SC four-year college full-time and who do not qualify for LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarships: $2,650 for one year only. No application ... automatic award.
  

• Need-Based Grants - $2,500 a year for full-time students, $1,250 for part-time. Applicants must complete Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
  

• Lottery Tuition Assistance Program - Up to $996 a term for full-time, $83 per credit hour for part-time students who attend SC two-year college. Applicants must not be recipient of HOPE, LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarships and complete Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
  

• South Carolina Teacher Loans - For education majors. Up to $2,500 a year for freshmen and sophomores, $5,000 for juniors and seniors. Loans can be canceled by teaching in South Carolina public schools in critical geographic and subject matter areas.
  

• South Carolina Student Loan Corporation - SCSLC - A private, non-profit organization that makes many types of college loans to South Carolina students and their parents.
  

Private Financial Aid Resources and Scholarships

• Abney Foundation Scholarships - Endowments are established at thirteen schools in SC.
  
  
• Byrnes Scholarships - Applicants must have financial need and must also have lost one or both of their parents.
  

• Charleston Women in International Trade Scholarships - Applicants must be pursuing degree in international business or related field. Application | Criteria
  

• Hilton Head Area Hospitality Scholarships - Applicants must be pursuing degree in a hospitality related field.
  

• South Carolina Farm Bureau Foundation Scholarships - SC residents working on degree in agriculture or related major. Awarded to college sophomores, juniors and seniors.
  

• South Carolina Farm Bureau State Fair Scholarships - For students under age of 20 with livestock competing at the fair. More info & forms
  

• South Carolina Farm Bureau Youth Ambassador Scholarship - Must be age 16-21 and reside in the home of a bureau member.
  

• South Carolina Landscape and Turfgrass Association - Full-time graduate or undergraduate student majoring in Plant Sciences or a related field at a SC institution. Applicant must have a minimum GPA of 3.0.
  

• South Carolina Medical Association Foundation - medical students - wide range of scholarships awarded for financial need and academic merit
  

• South Carolina Wildlife Federation - educational grants for full-time SC students pursuing environmental education at SC schools of higher education
  

SC College Financial Aid Offices

• Public two-year technical colleges
• Private technical colleges
• Private two-year colleges

• Public four-year colleges, universities
• Private four-year colleges, universities

• Graduate, Medical, and Law schools

• Seminaries
• Specialized schools

Other Financial Aid Resources

• FinAid - quality info about loans, scholarships, military aid, and almost everything else you'd want to know about college financial aid
• FastWeb - free scholarship search service
• Other scholarship search services - all free ... some for specific majors ... good explanation of search database differences.
  

Related SC Private College and University Resources

• South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities