Financial Aid

Financial aid is available for incoming music student undergraduates and graduates on a competitive basis. There are a number of 4-year scholarships available for undergrads, ranging from the amount of applied music fees to full in-state tuition. The scholarships are renewed each year if academic and performance criteria are met.

For graduate horn students, there is the TA position as well as fellowships; see the
application form for graduates. See Graduate Financial Aid

The UI Horn Studio also is able to offer small grants to current students for the purposes of attending horn workshops, competitions, or auditions, thanks to the generosity of Horn Studio "angels".


Other financial aid information:

Office of Student Financial Aid at the University of Iowa

Scholarships at UI

Freshman Scholarships at UI listed by Geographical Location, by High School Attended

Financial Aid Tuition Scholarships

Donor-Funded Freshman Scholarships

Undergraduate Admissions Scholarships

Scholarships for Transfer Students

Financial Aid & Tuition at UI

UI Grants

Scholarships for First Year Students - includes information on the Presidential Scholarship, Old Gold Scholarship, Dean Gerhard Loewenberg Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Excellence Award, National Merit Scholarship, Provost's Scholarship, William and Effa McMeans Scholarship, University of Iowa National Scholars Award, Advantage Iowa Award, Iowa Heritage Award, and Halas-Sayers Scholarship.

For returning undergrads: The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences awards up to 43 scholarships collectively worth over $112,000 to students continuing in the College during the 2009-2010 academic year. Twenty-eight of these scholarships are open to all liberal arts and sciences students and fifteen are for select liberal arts and sciences majors. Find out more here.

Iowa College Student Aid Commission

University Housing Scholarships & Awards

Student Aid on the Web

Iowa Scholarship for the Arts

Student Employment at UI

Pomerantz Career Center

Driving a Cambus ("Best Job on Campus"?)

UI Employment Services

JOBNET

Summer Jobs

IRS: Tax Benefits for Education

Veterans Services & GI Bill

Residency Applications
Also on this page: a link for this issue: spouses of students who have teaching or research assistantships in the Graduate College or in dental, law, pharmacy or medical schools can apply for tuition at the resident rate.






Financial Aid Web Sites (outside UI):

FAFSA - Federal Student Aid; FAFSA4Caster (estimate of eligibility for federal student aid); College Goal Sunday (a YMCA program) offers free advice on FAFSA applications.

FinAid - Guide to Financial Aid

CollegeBoard - Their database contains more than 2,300 scholarships, totaling nearly $3 billion

CollegeNet - scholarship search engine; scholarship awards weekly

Scholarships.com - scholarship search engine; database of 2.7 million scholarships worth $19 billion

ScholarshipMonkey.com - scholarship search engine; database of over one million scholarships worth over $3 billion

College Scholarships.com - links to 40 free online scholarship search sites

Financial Aid Publications from the US Dept. of Education

Uloop currently lists links to 67 scholarships of all kinds, some awards, some contests (e.g. write an essay).

FRESCH - Free Scholarship Search (database)

Avanti Fund Music Education Scholarship (Conn-Selmer) - $2000 scholarship awards, open to all graduating high school seniors and undergraduate college students pursuing a degree in music education.

Music Scholarships for Music Education, Minority Music Scholarships, - music scholarships, grants, competitions, and awards

IMEA Scholarship - The Iowa Music Educators Association offers a $500 scholarship to an Iowa high school senior who intends to major in music education at an Iowa

Academic Info: Directory of Online Resources

The Admissions Office - links to every college and university with financial aid/scholarship info

College Scholarships.org

ScholarshipExperts.com - scholarship search database of 2.4 million scholarships worth $14 billion

College Scholarships, Colleges, and Online Degrees

College Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships

College Savings Iowa - 529 Plan

Iowa College Access Network - help for students at all levels to achieve their educational goals

Iowa College Aid

ScholarshipExperts.com - scholarship search

OED - Online Education Database

Federal Student Aid Grants

Funding Education Beyond High School - guide to Federal student aid (pdf file).

Federal Aid First (loans); Income Based Repayment Plan; Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Military Tuition Assistance

Federal Student Aid - Native Americans - great links at the bottom of the page

Student Grants for International Study

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ASCAP Scholarships - scholarships for music students, administered by colleges and universities]

StudentJobs.gov

Students.gov

ED.gov

Foundation Center

Kaplan Scholarships - book on financial aid resources

Scholarship Handbook - ditto

The Ultimate Scholarship Book - ditto

Yahoo Financial Aid Directory

Saving for College

Mapping Your Future

Avoiding Scholarship Scams

Keeping College Within Reach - useful articles, information, and links concerned with various aspects of dealing with college costs, including planning, saving and investing, “Financial Aid 101, Tools and Tips. Attractive and well-organized site.


Books on Winning Scholarships

The Ultimate Scholarship Book by G. Tanabe and K. Tanabe

Getting Financial Aid by The College Board. 1000 pages.

The Scholarship Scouting Report by B. Kaplan

Scholarship Books - list of books on the subject with links to Amazon.com


Other

Iowa College Student Aid Commission
914 Grand Ave., Suite 201
Des Moines, IA 50309-2824
(800) 383-4222