Ohio College Opportunity Grant (OCOG) Award Charts

2022-2023 Award Chart

• All amounts reflect annual awards in $.  Appropriate annual award amount should be divided by two for semesters or three for quarters.
• Eligible students continuously enrolled may receive an additional 1/2 or 1/3 of their respective award amount in their third semester or fourth quarter.
• Students are limited to 10 semesters or 15 quarters of state, need-based grant aid (including combination of OCOG and OIG).
• +The fixed Pell/EFC combo of $6,895 continues to exceed the average tuition and general charges at community colleges and therefore, consistent with past practice,  no OCOG awards will be available to students attending these institutions unless they otherwise qualify for foster youth status, Federal Veteran’s Education benefits, or  third term OCOG.  These students may be eligible for up to the public main campus award amount.
• +The fixed Pell/EFC combo of $6,895 exceeds the average tuition and general charges at university regional campuses and therefore, no OCOG awards will be available to  students attending these institutions unless they otherwise qualify for Federal Veteran’s Education benefits or third term OCOG.  These students may be eligible for up to  the public main campus award amount.  
• *Eligible foster youth at community colleges may qualify for OCOG using main campus award amounts.
• *Eligible students receiving federal veterans’ education benefits at community colleges and regional campuses may qualify for OCOG using main campus award amounts.
• *Eligible students attending a community college or regional campus year-round who have exhausted their Pell grant for the year, may be eligible for a main campus term  award for the third term.  
• ** Tuition level/costs are the determining factors in receipt of an OCOG award and therefore students at these institutions have an adjusted OCOG award amount.  Students  eligible under the dual enrollment, foster youth, or veteran provisions may receive OCOG for all terms in the academic year up to the main public or private, non-profit award  amount.  If the student attends year-round, they may be eligible for an award up to the main public or private, non-profit award amount for their third term once   Pell grants  have been exhausted for the academic year.  Shawnee State's tuition guarantee cohorts 1 and 2 are eligible for the full public award amounts.
• ***Amounts for Ohio residents attending eligible Pennsylvania institutions-- $600/$300 figures to non-veterans and $800/$400 figures to veterans.

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2021-2022 Award Chart

• All amounts reflect annual awards in $.  Appropriate annual award amount should be divided by two for semesters or three for quarters.
• Eligible students continuously enrolled may receive an additional 1/2 or 1/3 of their respective award amount in their third semester or fourth quarter.

• Students are limited to 10 semesters or 15 quarters of state, need-based grant aid (including combination of OCOG and OIG).

  +The fixed Pell/EFC combo of $6,495 continues to exceed the average tuition and general charges at community colleges and therefore, consistent with past practice, no OCOG awards will be available to students attending these institutions unless they otherwise qualify for foster youth status, Federal Veteran’s Education benefits, or third-term OCOG (attends an eligible institution year-round and has exhausted Pell).  These students may be eligible for up to the public main campus award amount. 

• +The average tuition and general charges at university regional campuses slightly exceeds the fixed Pell/EFC combo of $6,495.  Therefore, a modified maximum OCOG award amount will be available to students attending these institutions.  However, if a student in this sector qualifies for Federal Veteran’s Education benefits or third term OCOG (attends an eligible institution year-round and has exhausted Pell), the student may be eligible for up to the public main campus award amount. 

• *Eligible foster youth at community colleges may qualify for OCOG using main campus award amounts.

• *Eligible students receiving federal veterans’ education benefits at community colleges and regional campuses may qualify for OCOG using main campus award amounts.

• *Eligible students attending a community college or regional campus year-round who have exhausted their Pell grant for the year, may be eligible for a main campus term award for the third term.  

• ** Tuition level/costs are the determining factors in receipt of an OCOG award and therefore students at these institutions have an adjusted OCOG award amount.  Students eligible under the dual enrollment, foster youth, or veteran provisions may receive OCOG for all terms in the academic year up to the main public or private, non-profit award amount.  If the student attends year-round, they may be eligible for an award up to the main public or private, non-profit award amount for their third term once   Pell grants have been exhausted for the academic year.  Shawnee State's tuition guarantee cohort 4 is eligible for the full public award amount.

• ***Amounts for Ohio residents attending eligible Pennsylvania institutions-- $600/$300 figures to non-veterans and $800/$400 figures to veterans.

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• All amounts reflect annual awards in $.  Appropriate annual award amount should be divided by two for semesters or three for quarters.
• Eligible students continuously enrolled may receive an additional 1/2 or 1/3 of their respective award amount in their third semester or fourth quarter.

• Students are limited to 10 semesters or 15 quarters of state, need-based grant aid (including combination of OCOG and OIG).

  +The fixed Pell/EFC combo of $6,345 continues to exceed the average tuition and general charges at community colleges and therefore, consistent with past practice, no OCOG awards will be available to students attending these institutions unless they otherwise qualify for foster youth status, Federal Veteran’s Education benefits, or third-term OCOG.  These students may be eligible for up to the public main campus award amount.

  +The fixed Pell/EFC combo of $6,345 exceeds the average tuition and general charges at university regional campuses and therefore, no OCOG awards will be available to students attending these institutions unless they otherwise qualify for Federal Veteran’s Education benefits or third term OCOG.  These students may be eligible for up to the public main campus award amount.

  *Eligible foster youth at community colleges may qualify for OCOG using main campus award amounts.

  *Eligible students receiving federal veterans’ education benefits at community colleges and regional campuses may qualify for OCOG using main campus award amounts.

  *Eligible students attending a community college or regional campus year-round who have exhausted their Pell grant for the year, may be eligible for a main campus term award for the third term. 

  ** Tuition level/costs are the determining factors in receipt of an OCOG award and therefore students at these institutions have an adjusted OCOG award amount.  Students eligible under the dual enrollment, foster youth, or veteran provisions may receive OCOG for all terms in the academic year up to the main public or private, non-profit award amount.  If the student attends year-round, they may be eligible for an award up to the main public or private, non-profit award amount for their third term once   Pell grants have been exhausted for the academic year.  Shawnee State's tuition guarantee cohorts 1 and 2 are eligible for the full public award amounts.

  ***Amounts for Ohio residents attending eligible Pennsylvania institutions-- $600/$300 figures to non-veterans and $800/$400 figures to veterans.

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2019-2020 Award Chart

• All amounts reflect annual awards in $.  Appropriate annual award amount should be divided by two for semesters or three for quarters.
• Eligible students continuously enrolled may receive an additional 1/2 or 1/3 of their respective award amount in their third semester or fourth quarter.
• Students are limited to 10 semesters or 15 quarters of state, need-based grant aid (including combination of OCOG and OIG).

+The fixed Pell/EFC combo of $6,195 continues to exceed the average tuition and general charges at community colleges and therefore, consistent with past practice, no OCOG awards will be available to students attending these institutions unless they otherwise qualify for foster youth status, Federal Veteran’s Education benefits, or third-term OCOG.  These students may be eligible for up to the public main campus award amount.

+The fixed Pell/EFC combo of $6,195 exceeds the average tuition and general charges at university regional campuses and therefore, no OCOG awards will be available to students attending these institutions unless they otherwise qualify for Federal Veteran’s Education benefits or third-term OCOG.  These students may be eligible for up to the public main campus award amount.

*Eligible foster youth at community colleges may qualify for OCOG using main campus award amounts.

*Eligible students receiving federal veterans’ education benefits at community colleges and regional campuses may qualify for OCOG using main campus award amounts.

*Eligible students attending a community college or regional campus year-round who have exhausted their Pell grant for the year, may be eligible for a main campus term award for the third-term.

**Tuition level/costs are the determining factors in receipt of an OCOG award and therefore students at these institutions have an adjusted OCOG award amount. Students eligible under the dual enrollment, foster youth, or veteran provisions may receive OCOG for all terms in the academic year up to the main public or private, non-profit award amount. If the student attends year-round, they may be eligible for an award up to the main public or private, non-profit award amount for their third term once Pell grants have been exhausted for the academic year. Shawnee State's tuition guarantee cohorts 1 and 2 are eligible for the full public award amounts.

***Amounts for Ohio residents attending eligible Pennsylvania institutions: $600/$300 figures to non-veterans and $800/$400 figures to veterans.

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2018-2019 Award Chart

2016-2017 Award Chart

• All amounts reflect annual awards in $. Appropriate annual award amount should be divided by two for semesters or three for quarters.
• Eligible students continuously enrolled may receive an additional 1/2 or 1/3 of their respective award amount in their third semester or fourth quarter.
• Students are limited to 10 semesters or 15 quarters of state, need-based grant aid (including combination of OCOG and OIG).

* Students at community colleges and university regional campuses are not excluded from the Ohio College Opportunity Grant program. However, tuition level/costs are the determining factor in receipt of an OCOG award, regardless of technical eligibility.  Therefore students in this sector have a $0 OCOG award amount unless the student attends an eligible institution year-round.  In this case only, an award up to the public award amount may be distributed for the third term in the academic year once Pell grants have been exhausted for the academic year.    

* Eligible foster youth at community colleges may qualify for OCOG using main campus maximum award amounts.

** Tuition level/costs are the determining factors in receipt of an OCOG award and therefore students at these institutions have an adjusted OCOG award amount.  If the student attends year-round, they may be eligible for an award up to the public or private, non-profit award amount for their third term once Pell grants have been exhausted for the academic year. 

*** Amounts for Ohio residents attending eligible Pennsylvania institutions--$600/$300 figures apply to non-veterans and $800/$400 figures to veterans.

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2015-2016 Award Chart