What is a TEACH Grant?

The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher

Education (TEACH) Grant Program, provides up to $4,000 a year

in grant assistance to students who are completing or who plan to

complete course work needed to begin a career in teaching.

In exchange for the grant, a student must sign an Agreement

to Serve* as a full-time teacher at certain low-income schools and

within certain high-need fields for at least four academic years

within eight years after completing (or ceasing enrollment in) the

course of study for which the candidate received a grant. TEACH

Grant recipients must submit evidence of employment as certified

by the chief administrative officer of the school upon completion

of each year of teaching service.

TEACH Grant Requirements

• be enrolled in course work necessary to begin a career in

teaching, or

• plan to complete necessary course work to begin a career

in teaching,

• be above the 75th percentile on one part of an admissions

test (such as the SAT, ACT, GRE, etc.) or

• have at least a 3.25 for each payment

period—in high school or college for first year students and in college for

other students, or

• meet certain academic achievement requirements (generally,

scoring above the 75th percentile on a college admissions test or

maintaining a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25).

If the grant recipient fails or refuses to carry out his or her teaching

obligation, the amounts of the TEACH Grants received are treated

as an unsubsidized Direct Loan and must be repaid with interest.

Students may locate participating schools using the free College Matching Wizard