This form is to request tuition assistance for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
To complete this form, your physician, audiologist, and/or campus Disability Resource Center (DRC) Access Consultant must complete and sign SECTION B.
View the Tuition Assistance for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students form
Privacy notice: This information is being requested in order to determine your federal, state, and/or institutional financial aid eligibility at the University of Minnesota and will be viewable by University staff with a business need. Declining to submit the information will prevent the University from finalizing your aid eligibility. You are not legally required to submit the information and/or documentation. However, refusal to do so will result in an incomplete financial aid application, and therefore, you may not receive financial aid for which you applied.
Use this form if...
You meet all of the following requirements:
- Minnesota resident who meets the University’s definition of residency
- Enrolled in an undergraduate degree-seeking program
- Not enrolled in a study abroad program
- Have a hearing loss of such severity that you are primarily dependent on visual communication, such as writing, lip reading, manual communication, and gestures.
- Will receive a Pell grant and/or Minnesota State Grant based on the credits in which you are enrolled during the term in which tuition assistance is applied.
Don't use this form if...
- You are not a Minnesota resident
- You are not enrolled in an undergraduate degree-seeking program
- You are not primarily dependent on visual communication due to the severity of your hearing loss
- You are not receiving a Pell grant and/or Minnesota State Grant
Or:
- You are enrolled in a study abroad program.