Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students

Pursuing any of the following fields?

• medicine
• osteopathic medicine
• dentistry
• optometry
• pharmacy
• podiatric medicine
• veterinary medicine
• nursing (associate, diploma, baccalaureate and graduate degree)
• public health
• chiropractic
• allied health (baccalaureate or graduate degree programs of dental hygiene, medical laboratory technology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, radiologic technology, speech pathology, audiology, and registered dietitians)
• graduate programs in behavioral and mental health practice (includes clinical psychology, clinical social work, professional counseling, or marriage and family therapy)
• programs providing training of physician assistants

You may qualify for a scholarship, if you can be classified as a disadvantaged student, having low or very low income, and you are a citizen, national, or a lawful permanent resident of the United States or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico or the Marianas Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated State of Micronesia. 

Contact your school to determine whether they are a participating school.  Schools are responsible for determining need and selecting scholarship particpants.   

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