COE Scholarships  |  Additional Scholarships and Funding Resources   |   Cost of Attendance

UOTeach is committed to removing barriers and providing teacher candidates with an affordable pathway to teacher licensure and Master’s in Education teacher salary track. UOTeach is typically experienced as an intensive full-time, four term program, as such we are committed to economizing students’ tuition and maximizing campus and community resources.  

We encourage applicants to be proactive and explore all available financial aid,scholarship, and funding options provided below. Our application timeline is set up to coincide with most financial aid and scholarship deadlines. 

Financial Aid

Many of our scholarships are based on financial need, so it is important for you to complete the Free Application for Student Financial Aid (FAFSA) by the federal deadline.

Submit the University of Oregon as your university of choice. Our code is 003223.

Free Application for Student Financial Aid

COE Scholarships

We provide a number of scholarship and funding opportunities in an effort to offer students support in pursuing their degrees and professional futures by removing as many barriers to those goals as possible. 

Students currently applying for a COE academic program, but not yet accepted at the time of the deadline, should still submit their scholarship application for consideration, pending acceptance into the program. 

We use one common application that will automatically enter you into consideration for any scholarships for which you meet selection criteria. 

Additional Scholarships and Funding Resources

• Sapsik‘ʷałá (Teacher) Education Program (for American Indian/Alaska Native Scholars) — embedded in UOTeach application.
• Logan Graduate Teacher Scholarship Program — established to benefit financially needy students seeking a degree in education with the intention to teach in public schools.
   
• The MaSTERIt UOTeach Scholarship is a National Science Foundation funded pipeline program for University of Oregon science and math majors pursuing 6–12 science and math teaching careers.
    
• Lane Regional Teacher Pathways Program is a district teacher licensure scholarship partnership designed to create a single pipeline capable of producing effective, culturally and linguistically diverse teachers support. Applications due February. 
   
• Oregon Teacher Scholars Program - 772 (March 1 by 5:00 p.m.) Oregon’s new program offers $5,000 scholarships to help Oregon realize the goal of a more diverse workforce. Must enroll in an approved Oregon preliminary teacher licensure program. This program was created by Senate Bill 182, to help develop an educator workforce that better reflects the demographics of Oregon students.
• The Oregon Alliance of Black School Educators Scholarship (Application Due April 3, 2022) APPLY HERE: https://www.orabse.org/scholarship
• Campus Graduate Employee positions - UOTeach does not offer Graduate Employee (GE) positions. Students interested in pursuing GE positions elsewhere on campus can search for openings at the Graduate School.
• Pre-Service Teaching Intern – an alternative way for locally hired district employees on restricted teacher licensure to attend the UOTeach Licensure program employed as a beginning teacher. Candidate must have instructional classroom position in setting related to licensure program, inform UOTeach of district positions, and complete course and internship requirements. 
• TEACH Grant - The TEACH Grant Program provides grants of up to $4,000 a year to students who are completing or plan to complete course work needed to begin a career in teaching.
   
• Future Stewards Program The program will provide an opportunity to work with the nine federally recognized tribes of Oregon and Native American tribes that had traditional and customary tribal boundaries in parts of the state of Oregon or that ceded or reserved lands within the state of Oregon to help to make graduate education more accessible for their members.

Cost of Attendance

Cost of attendance is the estimated cost to attend the UO for the academic year. The Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships provides estimates for cost of attendance information that goes beyond tuition and fees, and includes: living expenses (housing and food), books/supplies/equipment, transportation, and miscellaneous personal expenses.

Tuition and fees are determined annually by the university senate and approved by UO Board of Trustees and State Legislature. Actual per credit hour costs and fees for future academic years will not be available until spring term prior to the start of the program. Estimated costs to attend the university and information about university-wide funding opportunities can be found in the Office of Financial Aid. 

UOTeach tuition is categorized by the UO Office of the Registrar as “Graduate / Education / Masters / Supervised” and incorporates all practicum and supervision expenses. Below are links to the estimated graduate tuition and fee rates for the year.