How does a person in Colorado pay for college to become a teacher?

Options for High School Students:

• High School Concurrent Enrollment: up to 60 credit hours FREE
• TREP (Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation): up to 48 credit hours FREE
• ASCENT (Accelerating Students through Concurrent Enrollment): up to 39 credit hours FREE

Options for College and University Students

• Earn money by serving as a paraprofessional and/or substitute teacher
  • Colorado substitutes make an average of $25.50 per hour (Indeed)
  • Colorado paraprofessionals make an average of $17.80 per hour (Indeed)
• Career Advance Colorado: up to 60 credit hours FREE
• Colorado Promise: Students who attend Colorado public institutions of higher education with family incomes of $90,000 or less are eligible for COMPLETE REIMBURSEMENT of any out-of-pocket tuition and fees they pay.
• Colorado College Opportunity Fund: $116 per credit hour for public colleges and $58 per credit hour for private colleges
• Pell Grant: For the 2024-25 award year, the maximum Pell Grant through FAFSA award is $7,395
• CDE ERR (Colorado Department of Education Educator Recruitment and Retention): up to $10,000
• Colorado Center for Rural Education Student Teaching Stipend: $4,000
• CDHE (Colorado Department of Higher Education) Rural Teaching Fellowship: up to $10,000
• CDHE Temporary Educator Loan Forgiveness: up to $5,000 in loan forgiveness annually
• CDHE Student Educator/Counselor: Candidates placed in a 16-week academic residency may receive a stipend of up to $11,000, and those in a 32-week academic residency may receive a stipend of up to $22,000.
• AmeriCorps, TutorCorps Reading Tutors, Math Tutors: variable living stipend
• TEACH Colorado: variable scholarships and application fee reimbursements
• Private Family Foundations: Consult with your college or university financial aid office

 

For more questions:

please contact robert.fulton@unco.edu