Financial Aid
The cost of attending the one-year M.A.T. program is approximately $1,000 per semester hour (estimated at $30,000) plus living expenses, books, and additional fees.. Students demonstrating financial need are eligible to receive financial assistant from the department of education. Trinity University offers a number of different sources of aid, including federal work-study allocations, grants, low-interest student loans, scholarships, a supplemental loan for middle-income families, and much more. For additional information about Financial Aid at Trinity University: http://www.trinity.edu/departments/financial_aid/mz/index.shtml
For additional information about student loan forgiveness, tax deductions, and tax credits for teachers please click here.
There are numerous scholarships available to students in the education department. These scholarships range from $1,000 to $10,000 and fall under the following categories:
The Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act, signed into law in 2006, authorizes up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness for eligible, highly qualified math, science and special education teachers. To be eligible, teachers (with no outstanding loan balances before Oct.1, 1998, and who have borrowed before Oct. 1, 2005) must be highly qualified, as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act; must have taught full-time, for five consecutive years, in a Title I school; and must have taught secondary math or science or elementary or secondary special education to students with disabilities. Read about the law here to determine if you qualify.
