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Post Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Program
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Disregarding the Business grad stuff, the initial criteria is hard to find alone. I was curious (bored at work) so I looked into 40+ universities/ccs that do not offer an Education Bachelor's. Some of those schools also had a post-bachelor's program and even found a couple that meet all the qualifications on paper. I gave each of those school's financial aid/education departments a call and pell grant didn't apply to any of them. What I've been told:
  • Graduate Certificates do not work; it has to be undergraduate level courses.
  • The cert can't be classified under "continuing education" even it is charged undergrad tuition.
  • It has to be a primary education cert. Secondary education certs do not qualify. (Edit: primary as in first, not primary school)
  • "Pell Grant doesn't apply to that program." (most common)
I've given up and sent an inquiry to FAFSA. I'll update if I get a reply.
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(04-01-2025, 06:06 PM)Hotdogman1 Wrote: Disregarding the Business grad stuff, the initial criteria is hard to find alone. I was curious (bored at work) so I looked into 40+ universities/ccs that do not offer an Education Bachelor's. Some of those schools also had a post-bachelor's program and even found a couple that meet all the qualifications on paper. I gave each of those school's financial aid/education departments a call and pell grant didn't apply to any of them. What I've been told:
  • Graduate Certificates do not work; it has to be undergraduate level courses.
  • The cert can't be classified under "continuing education" even it is charged undergrad tuition.
  • It has to be a primary education cert. Secondary education certs do not qualify. (Edit: primary as in first, not primary school)
  • "Pell Grant doesn't apply to that program." (most common)
I've given up and sent an inquiry to FAFSA. I'll update if I get a reply.

Thanks for all your research Hotdogman1. A rep at FAFSA is the one who told me a postbaccalaureate teacher certification program is the only way to use a Pell Grant after obtaining your bachelor's degree.


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And an FYI, there won't be one with AACSB as they don't deal with education or teaching, AACSB only handles Accounting or Business related programs...

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BJ, I was hoping to be able to select business courses while matriculated in a postbaccalaureate teacher certification program. That might be unrealistic. I have no experience with grad school. Are grad students enrolled in a school of education typically able to take courses from the school of business at the same university? I don't expect the business courses will apply to my education credential, just hoping they can be paid for by the Pell Grant.
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(04-02-2025, 10:40 AM)SophiaPrincess Wrote: Are grad students enrolled in a school of education typically able to take courses from the school of business at the same university? I don't expect the business courses will apply to my education credential, just hoping they can be paid for by the Pell Grant.

In graduate school, taking a course that is not normally part of your program isn’t typical. There is little or no space in graduate degrees for general electives or for general education requirements that can be met many different ways.

It isn’t rare, either. But usually the out-of-field course will be accepted into your program, perhaps by special permission. For example, a Master of Arts in Political Science student taking an elective within their degree not from Political Science department but from the Economics department.

I don’t expect Pell would pay for such a course if it was not part of the teacher certification program.

It isn’t implausible that a business teacher certification program would allow an interdepartmental course or two from a business department, but it now seems unlikely such a program would be both Pell-eligible and offer graduate credit.
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I would recommend to research the state requirements for post baccalaureate teacher certifications and alternative pathways if any... Once you have the details and requirements for each pathway, post the info here, we can then help you find possible programs that might fit... Fin Aid or Pell Grant does work for specific post bachelors programs, you'll just have to meet all the requirements for the state and fin aid regulations.
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SophiaPrincess, I would check with your state's website regarding getting a teaching license. I'm assuming you're in the States. For example, my state has a section on teacher preperation programs that are approved for students that already have a Bachelors degree and/or career changers. It lists all the schools within the state that have a prep program. I would start there and then go through the list to see which meet the requirements needed for the Pell Grant. The unfortunate thing is they will most likely be a traditional school format and not set up like UMPI where you could quickly get through it. Some might be online though.
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