Grants and Loans

Year-round Pell

Year-round Pell is available to allow eligible students to receive a Pell Grant for summer even if they received a full Pell Grant during the fall and spring terms. To be considered for additional Pell in the summer, you must:

• be Pell eligible;
• be enrolled in a degree-seeking undergraduate program; and

Lifetime Eligibility Used

The amount of Federal Pell Grant funds you may receive over your lifetime is limited. Learn more about what the limits are and how your remaining eligibility is calculated. 

Class Attendance and Pell Grants

The amount of Federal Pell Grant you receive must be based on the number of hours in which you are enrolled and have begun attendance as of the 12th class day of each term. Therefore, after initial disbursement of your Pell Grant funds, subsequent changes may be made to the amount through the 12th class day based on your actual enrollment.

Learn More about Federal Pell Grant

The UTPB maximum award is $2,000 per academic year. This award is based on established financial need (link to frequently asked questions) and availability of funds.

Eligibility

This grant is awarded to students with the lowest Expected Family Contributions who are also Pell eligible. If you are no longer eligible to receive the Federal Pell Grant due to having exceeded the Pell Grant lifetime eligibility limit, you will also no longer be eligible to receive the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG).

Learn More about Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant

Learn More about the Federal Teach Grant

Currently, UTPB's target award amount is $6500 per year. If your tuition and fee charges for the term exceed the amount of your TEXAS (Toward EXcellance, Access and Success) Grant award, UTPB will make use of other available sources of financial aid other than loans to cover the additional tuition and fee charges.

Texas Grant requires a student to pass and complete 24 credit hours with a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA each academic year in order to be eligible to receive the grant in subsequent years. The Texas Grant requires a minimum enrollment of 9 credit hours in order for the grant to disburse. If you are not meeting the required number of hours for TEXAS Grant, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) allows awards to be prorated for a lesser amount in the following situations:

• you are graduating, or
• you have less than one full term of eligibility remaining, or
• the THECB also allows institutions to consider situations where hardship can be documented. The following are hardship situations that can be considered:
  • severe illness or other debilitating condition that may affect your academic performance, or
  • you are responsible for care of sick, injured, or needy person, and that your provision of care may affect your academic performance.

If you find yourself in one of the circumstances listed above, contact our office to discuss your options and to get the necessary form to be considered for this proration.

Learn More about the TEXAS Grant

Learn More about the Texas Public Education Grant

The Federal Direct Subsidized Loan is available to undergraduate students only and is based on established financial need. 

The annual limit cannot exceed UTPB Cost of Attendance minus the other financial aid you receive.

Loan funds will not disburse until all requested documentation has been submitted, and your aid application is considered to be complete.

A note will be placed on your To Do List on MyUTPB if additional steps are required before disbursement.

Federal Regulations state financial aid must wait until 10 days before the start of each long semester to begin disbursing money to pay your account if your file is complete. Student Accounting will begin the refund process once funds have been released to your account starting the first day of class each semester.

For summer, loan funds will be released in one disbursement on the 1st class day of the session in which you establish half-time attendance.

If you are a new borrower at UTPB (including transfer students), you must complete Federal Direct Loan Entrance Counseling.

Each Federal Direct Loan borrower at UTPB is required to complete Student Exit Counseling shortly before completing a degree, leaving UTPB (i.e., withdrawing, graduation) or ceasing half-time enrollment.

Federal student loans have many repayment options.

Calculate Your Federal Student Loan Repayment Options with Loan Simulator.

The Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan is available to parents of undergraduate, dependent students and is not based on established financial need. 

The annual limit cannot exceed UTPB Cost of Attendance minus the other financial aid you receive.

Loan funds will not disburse until all requested documentation has been submitted, and your aid application is considered to be complete.

A note will be placed on your To Do List on MyUTPB if additional steps are required before disbursement.

Federal Regulations state financial aid must wait until 10 days before the start of each long semester to begin disbursing money to pay your account if your file is complete. Student Accounting will begin the refund process starting the first day of class once funds have been released to your account.

If you are a new borrower at UTPB (including transfer students), you must complete Federal Direct Loan Entrance Counseling.

Each Federal Direct Loan borrower at UTPB is required to complete Student Exit Counseling shortly before completing a degree, leaving UTPB (i.e., withdrawing, graduation) or ceasing half-time enrollment.

Federal student loans have many repayment options.

Calculate Your Federal Student Loan Repayment Options with Loan Simulator.

The Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan is available to parents of undergraduate, dependent students and is not based on established financial need.

The annual limit cannot exceed UTPB Cost of Attendance minus the other financial aid you receive.

Loan funds will not disburse until all requested documentation has been submitted, and your aid application is considered to be complete.

A note will be placed on your To Do List on MyUTPB if additional steps are required before disbursement.

Federal Regulations state financial aid must wait until 10 days before the start of each long semester to begin disbursing money to pay your account if your file is complete. Student Accounting will begin the refund process starting the first day of class once funds have been released to your account.

Federal student loans have many repayment options.

Calculate Your Federal Student Loan Repayment Options with Loan Simulator.

The Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan is a credit-based loan available to graduate students and is not based on established financial need.

The annual limit cannot exceed UTPB Cost of Attendance minus the other financial aid you receive.

Loan funds will not disburse until all requested documentation has been submitted, and your aid application is considered to be complete.

A note will be placed on your To Do List on MyUTPB if additional steps are required before disbursement.

Federal Regulations state financial aid must wait until 10 days before the start of each long semester to begin disbursing money to pay your account if your file is complete. Student Accounting will begin the refund process starting the first day of class once funds have been released to your account.

Federal student loans have many repayment options.

Calculate Your Federal Student Loan Repayment Options with Loan Simulator.

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