{"id":2591,"date":"2022-07-11T14:31:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T18:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:24:29","slug":"attending-college-for-undocumented-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/2022\/07\/11\/attending-college-for-undocumented-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Attending College for Undocumented Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Attending College Guide for Undocumented Students<\/h1>\n<p><strong><u>Attending College: Guide for Undocumented Students <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: In Massachusetts, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.edu\/bhe\/lib\/documents\/2008-11-12ResidencyStatuswithFormandDocuments.pdf\">Board of Higher Education<\/a> ruled that students with an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) AKA Work Permit are eligible for in-state tuition. This includes Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders. Undocumented students <strong>do not<\/strong> qualify for instate tuition \u2013 they are classified as out-of-state students.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Financial Aid\/ Scholarships: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Massachusetts, DACA recipients, TPS holders and Undocumented students <strong>do not<\/strong> qualify for FASFA, Federal Grants, and Work Study. Access to college merit scholarships and other aid varies by institution.<\/li>\n<li>Lists of scholarships \/ financial resources open to DACA recipients, TPS holders and\/or Undocumented Students:<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/immigrantsrising.org\/resource\/list-of-scholarships-and-fellowships\/#tutorial\">Immigrant Rising Scholarship List <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mydocumentedlife.org\/2016\/10\/05\/fee-waiver-available-for-the-lsat-open-to-undocumented-students-with-daca\/?fbclid=IwAR0xCddA-cothKhmzPtS0fvbDd1YFrduC4dXl9nox_PLPkMpiWn9mu7ScaA\">LSAT Fee Waiver<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mydocumentedlife.org\/2016\/10\/10\/fee-waiver-available-for-the-mcat-open-to-undocumented-youth-with-daca\/?fbclid=IwAR2iCZAeqjA9dsoPgIeUePdEFGzKUbB9wbXnFZNmaJqmFY6iSrGqeR1zYfc\">MCAT Fee Waiver<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Non-profit Organizations <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedwedream.org\/\">United We Dream<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attending College Guide for Undocumented Students Attending College: Guide for Undocumented Students NOTE: In Massachusetts, the Board of Higher Education ruled that students with an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) AKA Work Permit are eligible for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/2022\/07\/11\/attending-college-for-undocumented-students\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Attending College for Undocumented Students\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3371,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions\/3371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}