Types of Financial Aid

There are four main types of financial aid for college students including grants, scholarships, loans, and work-study funds. Here’s more information about the aid available at Antioch University.

Undergraduate

• Federal Pell Grant: Available to undergraduate students, awarded based on estimated family contribution, cost of attendance, and enrollment status. Students can receive this grant for a maximum of six years, which includes time attending other campuses.
• Federal SEOG Grant: Federal grant that need not be repaid for Undergraduate students; based on financial need and availability of funds.
• Cal Grant: The State of California offers several grants to residents, primarily the Cal grant, a need-based grant to Undergraduates that also factors in your high school GPA or the GPA from your last college attended. The yearly application deadline for each Fall quarter is March 2nd, and the application requires a FAFSA for the upcoming year and a GPA verification form. For more information on this and other CA grant offerings, please click here. If you already have a Cal grant and wish to have it applied to Antioch University Los Angeles, contact the California Student Aid Commission.
• Work-study jobs: Students work on-campus and earn $15 an hour. Positions vary from five to twenty hours per week. These earnings do not have to be repaid. Students can elect to receive a bi-weekly paycheck, or to use the funds to pay down a balance on their student account. View open positions.
• TEACH Grant: This program provides grants of up to $4,000 a year to students who are completing or plan to complete course work needed to begin a career in teaching.
• Golden State Teacher Grant Program (GSTG) – funds of up to $20,000 to over 4,400 eligible students across California, that are enrolled in a Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) approved teacher preparation program within a California institution of higher education on or after January 1, 2020.
• Antioch scholarships: Take advantage of several opportunities available to new students. See the scholarship section for the list of available scholarships and to obtain an application.
• Federal Direct Loans: Loans that are part of the Direct Student loan program, which helps students pay part of their educational expenses by borrowing directly from the government. Terms of the loan are covered in greater detail in the required Entrance Counseling and Master Promissory Note. Loan repayment begins six months after a student graduates, withdraws, or drops below half-time status.
• Federal Direct Subsidized Loan: Based on Unmet Need, the federal government pays the interest on subsidized loans while you are enrolled at least half-time. For the latest information on interest rate and origination fees for undergraduate student loans, please visit the Student Aid website.
• Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan: Students are not required to have Unmet Need to borrow an unsubsidized loan, but are responsible for interest that accrues during deferment periods with this loan type. For the latest information on interest rate and origination fees for undergraduate student loans, please visit the Student Aid website.
• Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan: A Parent PLUS loan is an unsubsidized loan for parents of dependent undergraduate students, limited to the cost of attendance minus other financial aid received. Plus loan borrowers cannot have an adverse credit history. Repayment can be deferred until a student graduates, withdraws, or drops below half-time. Interest accrues from the first disbursement of the loan. For the latest information on interest rate and origination fees for Parent PLUS loans, please visit the Student Aid website.
• Alternative Loan:
  Students may borrow up to the cost of attendance less any financial aid received. Interest rates, fees, and approval of this loan are determined by credit history.

Graduate

• Work-study jobs: Students work on-campus and earn $15 an hour. Positions vary from five to twenty hours per week. These earnings do not have to be repaid. Students can elect to receive a bi-weekly paycheck, or to use the funds to pay down a balance on their student account. View open positions.
• TEACH Grant: This program provides grants of up to $4,000 a year to students who are completing or plan to complete course work needed to begin a career in teaching.
• Golden State Teacher Grant Program (GSTG) – funds of up to $20,000 to over 4,400 eligible students across California, that are enrolled in a Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) approved teacher preparation program within a California institution of higher education on or after January 1, 2020.
• Antioch scholarships: take advantage of several opportunities available to new students. See the scholarship section for the list of available scholarships and to obtain an application.
• Federal Direct Loans: Loans that are part of the Direct Student loan program, which helps students pay part of their educational expenses by borrowing directly from the government. Terms of the loan are covered in greater detail in the required Entrance Counseling and Master Promissory Note. Loan repayment begins six months after a student graduates, withdraws, or drops below half-time status.
• Federal Direct Unsubsidized Federal Loan: ​Students are not required to have Unmet Need to borrow an unsubsidized loan, but are responsible for interest that accrues during deferment periods with this loan type. For the latest information on interest rate and origination fees for graduate student loans, please visit the Student Aid website.
• Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan: ​A Graduate PLUS loan is an unsubsidized loan for graduate/professional students, limited to the cost of attendance minus other financial aid received. Plus loan borrowers cannot have an adverse credit history. Repayment begins once a student graduates, withdraws, or drops below half-time. Interest accrues from the first disbursement of the loan. For the latest information on interest rate and origination fees for Graduate PLUS loans, please visit the Student Aid website.
• Alternative Loan: Students may borrow up to the cost of attendance less any financial aid received. Interest rates, fees, and approval of this loan are determined by credit history.

Veterans’ Benefits

Antioch University Los Angeles recognizes those men and women who currently serve or served honorably in the United States armed services. We encourage Veterans to consider the array of certificate, undergraduate, and graduate programs offered at the university. Our support for Veterans begins the moment they inquiry about programs and continues throughout their experiences while at the university and beyond as they move on to the workforce. We honor and support Veterans, in accordance with the Antioch University mission and emphasis on social justice and responsibility, and experiential learning, and leadership development.

Post-9/11 Yellow Ribbon Program

AULA is a full participant in the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs Post-9/11 Yellow Ribbon Program. We’ll match dollar-for-dollar the VA Yellow Ribbon amount paid towards your tuition once you reach your annual VA tuition limit.

Other Benefits-eligible Veterans and Dependents

We honor active duty and honorably discharged Chapters 30 and 33 benefits-eligible veterans and family members with a tuition discount when enrolled in an approved degree or academic certificate program. Benefits-eligible veterans with other VA entitlements also may qualify.

Eligibility

To determine your eligibility for Antioch University Los Angeles Veterans’ Benefits, submit your DD-214 and Certificate of Eligibility to the AULA VA Certifying Official in the Registrar’s Office by the end of the first week of the term. If transferring from another institution, submit also your VA form 22-1995. Until we confirm your eligibility, you are responsible for paying full tuition. AULA Veterans’ Benefits are not applied retroactively.

For more information, contact the AULA VA Certifying Official at the Registrar’s Office.