Financial Aid for Returning Students
The Returning Students' Program of the Counseling Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, is designed for individuals aged 25 and over who have experienced a break in their formal education, and would like to return to or begin college study.
Applicants who are members of this category are eligible to apply for Federal, State, and Institutional Financial Aid and should refer to the Application Process for guidance on how to apply for aid. As a class of students, returning students are not subject to unique requirements for applying for aid or specific aid programs. Returning students do, however, have special eligibility for certain scholarship and aid programs intended to support the adult learner.
Scholarships are listed in order of deadline.
Women's Opportunity Award Program
Application Deadline: December 1, 2009
Scholarships offered in most locales to mature women who are head of households and completing undergraduate, vocational or technical programs. Note: Recipients of individual club awards are automatically eligible for the $1500 regional award.
Liz Pittman 301-236-9715 14562 Farmcrest Place Silver Spring, MD 20905 OR contact your local chapter listed in the yellow pages.
College Level Examination Program(CLEP)
Application Deadline: December 31, 2009
Nationwide standardized testing program offering examinations in many subjects for those knowledgeable about an area of study for which college credit has not been received.
Shoemaker Building 301-314-7688 Room 0106A
Department Credit by Examination
Application Deadline: December 31, 2009
Check individual department advisory office. This is not offered by all departments. These are comparable to comprehensive final examinations in specific university courses. See the University Catalog for more information.
Experiential Learning Program
Application Deadline: December 31, 2009
Opportunities to obtain credit and/or money through individually developed programs/internships or cooperative education placements.
Hornbake Library 301-314-7225 Career Center
Lavina Engle Scholarship Fund Inc.
Application Deadline: December 31, 2009
Scholarships available to undergraduate female residents of Montgomery County accepted or enrolled in a Maryland college or university.
Judith Heiman 301-229-4647 6900 Marbury Road Bethesda, MD 20817
Marilyn K. Brown Memorial Loan Fund
Application Deadline: December 31, 2009
Short-term interest free loans available to returning women students. Priority given to women 30 years of age or older with children.
Returning Students' Program 301-314-7693
Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Application Deadline: December 31, 2009
National scholarships, fellowships, and research opportunities for undergraduates students.
Hornbake Library 301-405-9362 Assistant Dean, Room 1115
Rita Levine Memorial Scholarship
Application Deadline: December 31, 2009
Scholarships available to women returning to school after a seven year interruption to their education.
MENSA Education and Research Foundation c/o Toni McLaughlin 1502 Jackson Keller #A6 San Antonio, TX 78213
Application Deadline: December 31, 2009
Scholarships for African American Women.
Scholarships for African American Women 202-387-3103 1734 New Hampshire Ave. NW Washington, DC 20009
Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
Scholarships available to undergraduate women who are at least 35 years of age.
P.O. Box 6653 Athens, GA 30604
Max and Emmy Dreyfuss Jewish Undergraduate Scholarship
Application Deadline: March 31, 2010
Scholarship available to full/part-time undergraduate male and female Jewish students, no older than 30 years of age.
Jewish Social Service Agency 301-881-3700 6123 Montrose Road Rockville, MD 20852
