Financial Aid Services

 

Students who are enrolled as full-time or half time students in accredited* Career Majors, which are at least 600 clock hours in length, may apply for Title IV aid. (*A Career Major must be accredited for Title IV aid by the Oklahoma Board of Career and Technology Education.) To be eligible for Title IV federal financial aid, you must have a high school diploma or GED or provide an academic transcript to prove you were home schooled.

 

 

Applications must be submitted online at https://www.studentaid.gov 

1st step apply for an FSA ID (If you have never applied for FAFSA on-line before.)
Keep your ID for future use. If you are required to include your parents’ income, one of your parents will also need an FSA ID, as that represents the electronic signature.

2nd step fill out the federal aid application (FAFSA)

3rd Use IRS Data Retrieval Tool to import your tax information from the IRS

                           IF you have trouble with your FSA ID please call 1-800-433-3243

 

 

After submitting your application, you will receive to your email address, a Student Aid Report (SAR). If you do not have an email address, the SAR will be mailed to your home address. That is your copy to keep. If you entered Gordon Cooper Technology Center’s financial aid code on your FAFSA, the school will also receive a copy of the report in 3-5 business days.

After you are enrolled in an eligible course, you will receive an offer notification from Gordon Cooper Technology Center stating the amounts of financial aid for which you are eligible or a letter stating that you are not eligible and listing other financial aid sources that may be available to you. 

If you are paying tuition/fees out of your federal Pell grant, tuition for each semester will be taken out of each disbursement. If you wish to purchase books/supplies or have other costs taken out of your Pell grant, we will need your permission in writing. Book Vouchers are available in the Financial Aid Office to use in the GCTC Bookstore. If there is money left over after tuition and books have been paid, the money will be disbursed to the student, by check, to be used for school-related expenses (such as gasoline to get back and forth to school and living expenses). Eligible students who apply for aid before enrollment will usually receive half their Pell grant money approximately 6-8 weeks after training begins.

 

If an agency will be paying your tuition, fees, etc., it is your responsibility to bring a letter from that agency to the financial aid office.

Application for OTAG is automatic with the FAFSA. Students must be Pell eligible and have been Oklahoma residents for at least one year prior to applying.  OTAG is awarded based on need and priority is given to the highest need students.  High cost/high demand programs may be taken into consideration.  OTAG funds are limited, therefore, priority may be given to those with no other aid sources known, besides Pell, at time of awarding.  

 

 

 

 

 

Tribal Grants and Awards – Check with your local tribal education office

WIOA – Check with The Oklahoma Workforce Office in your county.  The Shawnee office contact number is 405-275-7800.


Vocational Rehabilitation – Contact the Rehabilitative Services office in your county

Physician Manpower Nursing Student Assistance Program – LPN students who have been accepted into our LPN program will be given a scholarship application.

Information about our Title IV-accredited career majors and the gainful employment statistics for our former students can be found on our school website under at https://www.gctech.edu/apps/pages/full-time-programs

Gordon Cooper Technology Center, in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, gender, disability or veteran status in any of its policies, practices or procedures. These equal opportunity provisions include, but are not limited to, admissions, employment, financial aid and student services. Compliance officers may be contacted at the school: One John C. Bruton Blvd., Shawnee, OK 74804 or by phone at (405)273-7483. Compliance officers are: Eagle Data Manager, Trilbya Anderson X2309, Director of Instruction, Jeremy Frye X2311 and Director of Instruction, Kelli Wilson X2482.