Texas Tuition Equalization Grant Program (TEG)
Offered by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and participating private Texas institutions
About this scholarship
The Texas Tuition Equalization Grant reduces the tuition gap for financially needy Texas residents attending a participating private or independent nonprofit college in the state. It can support an undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a first associate, bachelor’s, master’s, professional, or doctoral degree. Students apply through FAFSA or TASFA and complete their college’s financial-aid file; the institution, not the state, selects eligible recipients and determines awards from its limited allocation. For 2026–27, the standard annual ceiling is $4,270. An undergraduate with a Student Aid Index of $3,697.50 or less meets the state’s exceptional-need definition and may qualify for as much as $6,405. The actual grant cannot exceed the lowest of the student’s financial need, the applicable annual maximum, or the tuition differential between the private school and a comparable Texas public institution. Recipients must be Texas residents with financial need, enroll at least three-quarter time, maintain satisfactory academic progress, and pay more tuition than they would at a comparable public college. They cannot simultaneously receive an athletic scholarship that obligates intercollegiate participation. After the second grant year, undergraduate renewal generally requires 24 annual credits, a 75% completion rate, and a 2.5 cumulative GPA; graduate recipients complete 18 annual credits with the same rate and GPA standard.
Eligibility
- Be classified as a Texas resident by the participating institution
- Complete the FAFSA or, if ineligible for federal aid, the TASFA
- Demonstrate financial need and meet Selective Service statement requirements or an exemption
- Enroll at least three-quarter time at a participating private or independent Texas institution
- Pursue a first associate, bachelor’s, master’s, professional, or doctoral degree
- Pay more tuition than a comparable Texas public institution and be charged the standard tuition for similarly situated students
- Not concurrently hold an athletic scholarship that obligates intercollegiate participation
- Maintain satisfactory academic progress for renewal