Scholarships & Financial Aid Scholarships & Financial Aid

Your ID is your electronic signature for FAFSA on the web. If you are a dependent student (see below to determine if you are), your parents also will need to apply for an ID to sign your FAFSA.

The Department of Education considers a student independent by the following criteria:

• You are at least 24 years old on the day you file your FAFSA
• You are married on the day you file your FAFSA
• You are a parent
• You are an Orphan or Ward of the Court (or were until age 18)
• You are a Veteran or currently serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces
• You were a foster child after the age of 13
• You are an emancipated child as determined by a court judge

If none of the above criteria apply to you, you’re a dependent student, which means that your parents will also need to apply for an ID to sign your FAFSA.

Apply for a FAFSA ID

Gather your most recent tax information (Federal 1040 and W-2 forms)

• If you are a dependent student you will also need YOUR PARENT(S)’ tax information (Federal 1040 and W-2 forms)
• If you are a married student on the day you complete your FAFSA, you also need your SPOUSE to provide their most recent tax information (Federal 1040 and W-2 forms)

Please note: If you are unable to locate your W-2(s), you can visit your local IRS building. If you are unable to locate your tax return(s), please visit www.irs.gov and complete a tax transcript request form. If you would prefer, an Eric Fisher Academy Financial Aid Representative can help you to complete the form at Eric Fisher Academy.

Complete the FAFSA by following the link below.

• The Eric Fisher Academy school code you will need to use is 041627
• For assistance from Eric Fisher Academy, call (316) 440-5555, extension 314.

Complete the FAFSA

Eric Fisher Academy offers the ACE Grant to all cosmetology and esthetics students. To receive this grant, students are required to complete information prior to enrolling in school and while attending school to receive the funds.

Requirements Before Attending
To qualify for the ACE Grant the student must complete the following criteria before the class start date:

• Find a high school, salon or spa to sponsor the student while attending.
• Complete the ACE Grant application with all the required information. Click here to print the ACE Grant application.
• Obtain two professional letters of reference (cannot be a family member or friend)
• Write a 500-word essay describing their career goals, how they will achieve them and why they are deserving of the ACE Grant.
• These items must be turned in along with all the admission requirements prior to start date.

Requirements While Attending
Requirements while in school and before completing 943 hours (cosmetology) or 750 hours (esthetics):

• Maintain an attendance of 95% or above at all times.
• Maintain a GPA of 90% or above at all times.
• Student cannot have any violations resulting in probation or suspension.
• Students who take a leave of absence will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• Student must shadow a minimum of 8 hours at a salon or spa.
• Student must track their hours on the provided hour requirement sheet and have the salon or spa sign it. Click here to print the Shadow Hours Requirement form.
• Students requesting to shadow during school hours must have at least one-week prior approval from the Career & Academic Advisor.

Please Note: The ACE Grant is awarded to students upon reaching 943 clock hours in the cosmetology program and 750 clock hours in the esthetics program. All requirements must be met in order to be eligible for the grant.

Click here to download ACE Grant requirements.

A Federal Pell Grant is money the government provides to undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need to pay for college. Grants, unlike loans, do not have to be repaid. Eligible students receive a specified amount each year under the Federal Pell Grant Program.

• The Great Scholarship Program
  Great Clips provides over $100,000 in scholarships and professional tools to cosmetology students each year! The scholarship award and professional tools are valued between $250 – $1,500.
• The Joe Francis Haircare Cosmetology Scholarship Foundation
  The scholarships are awarded directly toward tuition costs for cosmetology education. Over the past 21 years, this foundation has awarded 384 scholarships and given close to a half million dollars in scholarships.
• Sydell & Arnold Miller Family | Art of Haircutting Scholarship
  Show off your 3 favorite haircuts for a chance to win this exciting scholarship worth up to $5,000.
• Sydell & Arnold Miller Family | Art of Hairdressing Student Scholarship
  If you enjoy bridal, prom styling or special occasion hair, show off your favorite 3 looks for an opportunity to win this scholarship worth up to $5,000.
• Sydell & Arnold Miller Family | Art of Haircoloring Student Scholarship
  Show off your 3 favorite hair coloring techniques for a chance to win this scholarship worth up to $5,000.
• Arnold M. Miller | Find-A-Way Student Scholarship
  One tuition scholarship up to $15,000 will be awarded to any new or current student who has a “Find-A-Way Attitude” in their life and career.
• CosmoProf | Licensed to Create Student Scholarship
  Provides an opportunity for prospective and newer students enrolled in a cosmetology program to win up to $5,000 to help offset the cost of tuition.
• Buy-Rite’s Annual Beauty School Scholarship
  This $1,000 scholarship is for students interested in pursuing a degree in cosmetology. All participants must have applied to or be enrolled in as full-time cosmetology student.

• The International Dermal Institute

  The IDI Elevate Your Education Scholarship rewards the most passionate, gifted newcomers to the world of professional skin care with top-notch advanced education and career assistance.
• Sydell L. Miller | Total Image Esthetics Student Scholarship
  Students who can provide proof of acceptance and/or proof of attendance at an accredited beauty school can earn a tuition scholarship up to $7,500.
• Dermalogica “New Beginnings” Esthetics Scholarship
  Open to students who are newly accepted or currently enrolled in an esthetics program at a Dermalogica partner school, and identify as Black, Indigenous, and persons of color.

• Beauty Schools Directory Scholarship

  Open to students currently enrolled in a cosmetology, barber, or esthetics program in the US or Canada resulting in a cosmetology, barber or esthetics license.

• American Association of Cosmetology Schools (AACS)
• Beauty Changes Lives
• Professional Beauty Association (PBA)
• Fastweb
• Beauty Schools Directory

A Direct Subsidized Loan is a low interest loan with a fixed interest rate in which the federal government pays the interest while the student is in school.

A Direct Unsubsidized Loan is a low interest loan with a fixed interest rate available to all students regardless of income, less any subsidized amount received. Students are responsible for the interest that will accrue on an unsubsidized loan while in school during the grace period and during periods of deferment and forbearance.

Direct Parent Plus Loans are available to parents and stepparents of dependent students. Borrowers must meet credit history and debt-burden requirements. Repayment is amortized over 10 years.