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Virginia Grants and Scholarships

The Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant (VTAG)

This grant is designed to provide assistance to Virginia domiciled residents attending Liberty University. 

Award amount (2012-2013):

  • Estimated at $2,800 for eligible undergraduate students
  • Estimated at $1,300 for eligible graduate students

To complete an electronic VTAG form in ASIST, complete the following steps:

  1. Log into ASIST with your username and password from www.liberty.edu/asist
  2. Select Financial Aid
  3. Select Financial Aid Forms
  4. Choose the year you need from the Select Aid Year drop-down and press Submit
  5. Select VTAG Application
  6. Fill in all requested fields, type in your full name for the signature section, and press Submit
  7. Your request can be tracked in ASIST. Please allow time for processing and do not submit an additional request until the most recent request is showing complete in ASIST.
  8. Please watch your ASIST account for any communication from the Financial Aid Office for outstanding requirements or additional documentation requests.

The general eligibility criteria include:

  • Complete the 2013-14 VTAG application
  • Must be a Virginia domiciled resident
  • Must not have moved to Virginia for the purposes of attending post-secondary school
  • Awarded to qualifying eligible degree programs/majors only (see below)
  • Requires full-time enrollment (unless approved to receive the funds at less-than-full-time during the LAST semester of a degree program)
  • Students who have previously received VTAG do not need to submit a new application. Only students who have not received VTAG or are moving from undergraduate to graduate should re-apply. 
  • Other criteria apply, subject to change
  • Domicile Brochure from SCHEV

Graduate Students   

Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant (VTAG) regulations require all graduate students to be enrolled in at least nine credit hours per term at the graduate level.  Doctoral level students who are considered full-time based on six credits per term are not eligible for VTAG funds.  Doctoral students should carefully consider enrolling in nine credit hours of graduate courses per term to maintain VTAG eligibility standards.

Undergraduate Degree Programs and VTAG

Some programs are NOT eligible for VTAG funds from the State of Virginia. Ineligible programs (known as CIP Code 39 programs: Theology and Religious Vocations) include, but are not limited to, the following: 

  • Intercultural Studies (ICST)
  • Intercultural Studies: Language Acquisition (ICLA)
  • Intercultural Studies: Missionary (ICMD)
  • Pastoral Training (LBIP)
  • Church Ministries: Women's Ministries (LBIW)
  • Church Ministries: Adventure Leadership and Outdoor Ministry (CHAD)
  • Church Ministries: Pastoral Leadership (CHPL)
  • Church Ministries: Women's Ministries (CHWM)
  • Church Ministries: Worship (CHWR)
  • Church Ministries: Youth Ministries (CHYM)
  • Biblical Studies (LBIB)
  • Pastoral Leadership and Biblical Exposition (PAST)
  • Worship and Music Studies: Biblical (WRBI)
  • Worship and Music Studies: Christian Music Artist and Songwriter (WRSW)
  • Worship and Music Studies: Business (WRBU)
  • Worship and Music Studies: Intercultural (WRCC)
  • Worship and Music Studies: Pastoral (WRPL)
  • Worship and Music Ministry (WRSP)
  • Worship and Music Studies: Theater Ministries (WRTM)
  • Worship and Music Studies: Worship Leader (WRWL)
  • Worship and Music Studies: Women's Ministries (WRWO)
  • Worship and Music Studies: Worship Technology (WRWT)
  • Worship and Music Studies: Youth Ministry (WRYO)

Some undergraduate degree programs for religion majors are eligible for VTAG funds (known as CIP code 38 programs: Philosophy and Religious Studies).  These eligible programs include, but are not limited to:

  • Philosophy and Religion: Biblical Studies (PHIB)
  • Philosophy and Religion: Philosophy (PHIL)
  • Religion: Biblical Counseling (RLBC)
  • Religion: Biblical Studies (RLBS)
  • Religion: Children's Ministry (RLCM)
  • Religion (RLGN)
  • Religion: Intercultural Studies (RLMI)
  • Religion: Pastoral Leadership (RLPM)
  • Religion: Women's Ministries (RLWM)
  • Religion: Youth Ministries (RLYM)

Graduate Degree Programs and VTAG

At Liberty, only the Masters of Science in Nursing is currently eligible for VTAG funding at the graduate level.

Eligible graduate programs (known as CIP code 51 programs: health-related professional programs include allied health, nursing, pharmacy, medicine, and osteopathic medicine) incorporate but are not limited to:

  • MSN: Adult/Acute CNS Track (MNAC)
  • MSN: Community Track (MNCT)
  • MSN: Nurse Educator Track (MNED)
  • MPH: Nutrition
  • MPH: Health Promotion

Tobacco Region Scholarship

Application Deadlines: April 2, 2012-May 31, 2012

New undergraduate students for Fall 2012 who are permanent residents for at least 12 months from the following counties and cities may be eligible for this award:

  • Counties: Amelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Franklin, Greensville, Halifax, Henry, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Prince Edward, and Sussex
  • Cities: Bedford, Danville, Emporia, and Martinsville

Students may receive up to $90 per semester credit hour in aid.  For additional details and application, please visit this link.