Eligibility for all financial aid is determined using the Federal Congressional Methodology. This formula compares students’ cost of attendance to their ability to pay to determine financial need. The financial aid policy of TCC is to help meet the financial need of all qualified students through the use of one or more forms of aid available from federal, state, institutional, and outside sources.
Loans are processed every two trimesters, depending on when the student matriculates. The following is an example of a typical calculation of need and eligibility for a graduate student’s fall and spring period of full-time enrollment: