Types of Financial Aid
Grants
TEACH Grant Eligible Majors
The federal TEACH Grant program allows colleges and universities to determine which majors at their individual schools are TEACH Grant eligible majors in the federal high-need fields. High-need fields are:
- Bilingual Education and English Language Acquisition
- Foreign Language Education
- Mathematics
- Reading Specialist
- Science and Technology
- Special Education Teaching
Approved TEACH Grant-eligible majors at St. Cloud State University include:
- English as a Second Language (Master of Arts) NOTE: Students can add bilingual at the post-baccalaureate
level, but must be enrolled simultaneously in an M.A. program.
- French Education (baccalaureate level)
- Spanish Education (baccalaureate level)
- German Education (baccalaureate level)
- Mathematics Education (baccalaureate level)
- Reading Teacher K‐12 (graduate certificate)
- Biology Education (baccalaureate)
- Chemistry Education (baccalaureate level)
- Earth and Space Science Education (baccalaureate level)
- Physics education (baccalaureate level)
- Environmental & Technological Studies Education (graduate level)
- Developmental Disabilities (baccalaureate level; students at the post‐baccalaureate level must
also be enrolled in the SPED M.S. program)
- Learning Disabilities (baccalaureate level; students at the post‐baccalaureate level must also be
enrolled in the SPED M.S. program)
- Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (baccalaureate level; students at the post‐baccalaureate
level must also be enrolled in the SPED M.S. program)
- Physical and Health Disabilities (baccalaureate level can be enrolled in a certificate program;
students at the post‐baccalaureate level must also be enrolled in the SPED M.S. program)
