Early Childhood Education Affordability

Tuition:

Credits: 36, 39, or 48

Scholarships & Grants

  • Teacher residency programs (for initial teaching certification seekers) pay you to co-teach in a local school and provide you with a Nazareth tuition scholarship and mentoring:
  • Federal TEACH Grant - Grants of up to $2,000 per semester to academically qualified students who intend to teach a high-need subject in an elementary school or secondary school or educational service agency that serves students from low-income families. Nazareth's program list and information.
  • TOC II scholarship for teacher candidates from underrepresented populations covers up to a third of tuition and helps with the cost of required teacher certification exams.
  • Graduate assistantship: can cover 1.5 to 4.5 credits per semester
  • Clinical assistantship: covers up to a third of tuition
  • Veteran/military benefits may cover some or all of this degree for you or your spouse or dependent.
  • Dave Vigren Scholarship - Awarded to a teacher candidate who has financial need and is interested in working with children/learners from challenging backgrounds, interested in urban education, who is in good academic standing, and who exhibits strong professional behaviors.
  • Josephine F. Haire Family Scholarship - offered annually to a current student in a graduate inclusive education program. Contact the inclusive early childhood education program director.
  • Rochester Guild for Special Children Scholarship - offered annually to a student in a graduate inclusive education program. Contact the inclusive early childhood education program director.
  • Patricia Carney Memorial Fund - offered annually to a student in one of the inclusive early childhood education programs
  • Dave Vigren Scholarship - Awarded to a teacher candidate who has financial need and is interested in working with children/learners from challenging backgrounds, interested in urban education, who is in good academic standing, and who exhibits strong professional behaviors.

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Options for managing undergrad loans

Adjusted payment schedules


Grants and assistantships are limited and competitive and require separate applications.
Aid cannot exceed total cost.