Tuition Aid Grants (TAG) are funded by the state of New Jersey and are administered through the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (NJHESAA). TAG provides assistance to needy full-time Monmouth University undergraduates who have been residents of New Jersey for at least twelve consecutive months prior to receiving the grant, and who have filed the FAFSA within state deadlines. Annual award amounts for 2024-25 range from approximately $2,176 to $14,404 annually. To be considered for an award during the 2024-25 academic year, new students must have filed the FAFSA by September 15, 2024. Prior TAG recipients must have filed by June 1, 2024. Award renewal is dependent on the student filing the FAFSA within state deadlines, meeting satisfactory academic progress, and continuing to meet the eligibility requirements.
Eligibility Requirements for Students
- Have a high school diploma or recognized equivalent
- Demonstrate financial need
- Be a U.S. citizen, eligible non-citizen or eligible to file the NJ Alternative Financial Aid Application
- Be a resident of New Jersey for at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to enrollment
- Be a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in an approved degree program.
- Making satisfactory academic progress
- Not owe a refund on a federal or New Jersey grant or scholarship
- Not be in default on a federal or state student loan
- Not have received a baccalaureate degree
- Not have received the maximum number of payments
Summer Tuition Aid Grants
HESAA offers Summer TAG awards to eligible students. Students may be eligible to receive Summer TAG while enrolled in at least six credit hours during the summer 2024 term, provided that they received a TAG award in the immediately prior fall and/or spring term, and their summer courses are in the same undergraduate program at the same institution at which the student enrolled during the preceding academic year.
TAG is not available in the winter term.