Tuition Incentive PROGRAM What is TIP? Have you ever been Medicaid eligible? The Tuition Incentive If so, then you might be TIP eligible! If you qualified for Medicaid for at Program encourages least two years between age nine and high school graduation, you are students to complete encouraged to contact MI Student Aid to learn more and complete your high school by providing TIP application, if eligible. college tuition assistance after graduation. How Do I Complete My Application or Check My Eligibility? There are two ways to check eligibility or complete an application: How does TIP work? 1. Online with the MiSSG Student Portal at www.michigan.gov/missg. 2. Over the phone with our Customer Care Center at 1-888-447-2687. TIP helps the student pursue a certificate or Where is the MiSSG Student Portal? associate degree by providing tuition and Go to www.michigan.gov/missg and click the Student Portal button. mandatory fee assistance at participating Michigan Do I Need to Give a TIP Letter to My Financial Aid Office? institutions. No, letters are no longer required to prove TIP eligibility. After earning a certificate, How Will My College Know I Am Eligible for TIP? associate degree, or 56 transferable credits, the The institution you listed first on your Free Application for Federal Student Aid student can then be (FAFSA) will be notified of your TIP eligibility. eligible to receive up to $500 per semester while I Changed Institutions, How Do I Update My TIP Record? pursuing a bachelor’s If you decide to attend another institution, you can update it yourself in the degree, not to exceed MiSSG Student Portal or by calling the Customer Care Center. $2,000 total. How Does TIP Pay? TIP makes payment directly to a student’s institution, which is then applied toward the student’s bill. What Institutions Participate in TIP? See the reverse side of this flyer to learn which institutions participate and how much TIP covers at the different types of institutions. @mistudentaid MI Student Aid P.O. Box 30462 Lansing, MI 48909-7962 1-888-447-2687 www.michigan.gov/mistudentaid Institution Name Accepts Phase I Accepts Phase II Institution Type Phase I: Adrian College NO YES Independent or Private Must be enrolled in a certificate Albion College NO YES Independent or Private or associate degree program Alma College NO YES Independent or Private and taking at least six credits Alpena Community College YES YES Community College within that degree program. Andrews University NO YES Independent or Private Provides tuition assistance for Aquinas College NO YES Independent or Private Baker College YES YES Independent or Private 24 credits per academic year Bay de Noc Community College YES NO Community College determined by school type Bay Mills Community College YES NO Community College and up to $250 per semester Calvin College NO YES Independent or Private of mandatory fees. TIP will not Central Michigan University NO YES Public University cover contact hours or tiered Cleary University YES YES Independent or Private tuition rates. College for Creative Studies NO YES Independent or Private Compass College of Cinematic Arts YES YES Independent or Private Phase II: Concordia University NO YES Independent or Private Cornerstone University YES YES Independent or Private Must be enrolled in a bachelor’s Davenport University YES YES Independent or Private degree program and have a Delta College YES NO Community College certificate, associate degree, Eastern Michigan University NO YES Public University or 56 transferable semester Ferris State University YES YES Public University credits. Assistance up to $500 Finlandia University YES YES Independent or Private per semester; maximum $2,000 Focus: HOPE YES NO Independent or Private over program. Glen Oaks Community College YES NO Community College Gogebic Community College YES NO Community College Grace Christian University YES YES Independent or Private Grand Rapids Community College YES NO Community College Grand Valley State University NO YES Public University Great Lakes Christian College YES YES Independent or Private Henry Ford College YES YES Community College Hope College NO YES Independent or Private Community College: Jackson College YES YES Community College Phase I uses the applicable Kalamazoo College NO YES Independent or Private in-district or out-of-district tuition Kalamazoo Valley Community College YES NO Community College rate. Some community colleges Kellogg Community College YES NO Community College are authorized to offer bachelor’s Kettering University NO YES Independent or Private degrees. Contact your college Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College YES NO Community College to see how this may impact TIP Kirtland Community College YES NO Community College eligibility. Kuyper College YES YES Independent or Private Lake Michigan College YES NO Community College Lake Superior State University YES YES Public University Public Universities: Lansing Community College YES NO Community College Phase I uses the applicable lower- Lawrence Technological University YES YES Independent or Private level resident rate at participating Macomb Community College YES NO Community College Michigan public universities. Madonna University YES YES Independent or Private Michigan State University YES YES Public University Independent or Michigan Technological University YES YES Public University Mid Michigan College YES NO Community College Private Colleges and Monroe County Community College YES NO Community College Universities: Montcalm Community College YES NO Community College Phase I uses the average Mott Community College YES NO Community College community college tuition rate Muskegon Community College YES NO Community College (determined yearly). Contact the North Central Michigan College YES NO Community College Customer Care Center for the Northern Michigan University YES YES Public University current academic year’s rate. Northwestern Michigan College YES YES Community College Northwood University YES YES Independent or Private Oakland Community College YES NO Community College Oakland University NO YES Public University Olivet College NO YES Independent or Private Rochester College YES YES Independent or Private Sacred Heart Major Seminary YES YES Independent or Private Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College YES NO Community College Detailed program Saginaw Valley State University NO YES Public University Saint Clair County Community College YES NO Community College information can Schoolcraft College YES NO Community College be found at Siena Heights University YES YES Independent or Private Southwestern Michigan College YES NO Community College www.michigan.gov/mistudentaid. Spring Arbor University NO YES Independent or Private University of Detroit Mercy NO YES Independent or Private All programs are University of Michigan - Ann Arbor NO YES Public University subject to approved University of Michigan - Dearborn NO YES Public University University of Michigan - Flint NO YES Public University and available funding. Walsh College NO YES Independent or Private Washtenaw Community College YES NO Community College Wayne County Community College YES NO Community College Wayne State University NO YES Public University West Shore Community College YES NO Community College Western Michigan University NO YES Public University 5111 (Rev. 07-18).