Financial Aid Handbook
This handbook is designed to help you understand the various financial aid programs administered by Coe College. Please read the handbook carefully and bookmark it for future reference.
Coe College provides comprehensive need-based and merit-based financial aid programs designed to help qualified students attend Coe regardless of their family financial situation. These assistance programs are based on the premise that students and parents should pay for college to the extent that they are able. Need-based financial aid is used to help make up the difference between the cost of college and what a family can afford.
Table of Contents
Financial Aid Award Notification
- First-year and Transfer Students Award Notice
- Returning Students Award Notice
- Financial Aid and Estimated Charges
- Receipt of Outside Scholarships
- Dollars for Scholars Match
- Maximum Time Frames for Receipt of Financial Aid
Federal and State Eligibility Requirements
- Applying for Financial Aid
- Federal and State Eligibility Requirements
- Enrollment Status
- Financial Aid Eligible Coursework
- Verification
- Satisfactory Academic Policy (SAP)
Merit and Talent Scholarships
Need-Based Financial Aid
- Need-Based Gift Aid
- Coe Grants
- Endowed Scholarships
- Federal Pell Grants
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
- Iowa Tuition Grants (ITG)
- All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship
- All Iowa Opportunity Foster Care Grant
- Education and Training Voucher Program
- Iowa National Guard Educational Assistance Grant
- GEAR UP Iowa Scholarship
- State Grants
- National Presbyterian Scholarships
Outside Non-Need Based Gift Aid
- Active Duty
- ROTC Scholarships and Grants
- Veterans' Benefits
- Yellow Ribbon Program
- Higher Education (TEACH Grant)
- Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits
- Outside Scholarships
Self-Help Aid
- Work-Study Awards
- Federal Perkins Loans
- William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan
- Federal Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS)
- Federal Direct PLUS Program for Graduate Students
- Coe Institutional Loans
- Alternative Loan Programs
Educational Costs
Withdrawing: The Impact of Financial Aid
- Official Withdrawal Procedure
- Unofficial Withdrawal Procedure
- Federal Title IV Aid Refund Policy
- Steps to Calculate Earned Financial Aid Reimbursement
- Institutional Refund Policy
Your Rights and Responsibilities
Additional Financial Aid Information
- Information for Students with Disabilities
- Information for Independent Students
- Part-Time Students
- Fifth Year of Study
- Reporting changes in enrollment, residency and financial circumstances
- Information for Off-Campus Study Students
- Summer Financial Aid
- Verification of Enrollment
- Taxability of Financial Aid
- Higher Education Tax Benefits for Students and Parents