Student Financial Aid

SMART Grant

The SMART grant is available to students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens, are Pell Grant recipients, are enrolled in a degree granting program, are in their third or fourth year, and are majoring in an approved program. Students must have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA to be awarded the grant and enrolled at least half-time (6 credit hours). Students must demonstrate financial need. Grants will be awarded automatically upon confirmation of eligibility. The award amount is up to $4,000 per academic year for each grade level.

SMART APPROVED MAJORS AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
AMTH: Applied Mathematics	GEOL (BA): Geology
BOT: Botany GEOL	GEOL (BS): Geology
BSCI (BA): Biology	GER (BA) German
BSCI (BS): Biology	GRTR (BS) German Translation
BTEC: Biotechnology	ILS: Integrated Life Sciences
CHEM (BA): Chemistry	INDT: Industrial Technology
CHEM (BS): Chemistry	LAT (BA) Latin
CIS: Computer	MATH: Mathematics
CS: Computer Science	PHY: Physics
ESCI (BA): Earth Science	RUTR: Russian Translation
ESCI (BSE): Earth Science	SPAN (BA) Spanish
FR (BA) French	SPTR (BS) Spanish Translation
FRTR (BS) French Translation	Information Systems TECH: Technology
	ZOOL: Zoology