The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is a cabinet-level state agency providing students with financial aid programs and information to help them gain access to postsecondary education.
Through our advocacy and actions, we work to:
* Achieve student financial access to postsecondary education;
* Enable students to choose among postsecondary educational options;
* Protect and inform educational consumers;
* Produce independent, statewide information on postsecondary education; and
* Facilitate interaction among and collaborate with organizations that share responsibility for education in Minnesota.
To advance the promise of higher education to all Minnesotans and provide the critical information that guides higher education decisions.
The Minnesota State Grant Program is the largest financial aid program administered by the Office of Higher Education, awarding up to $150 million in need-based grants to Minnesota residents attending eligible colleges, universities and career schools in Minnesota. The agency oversees other state scholarship programs, tuition reciprocity programs, a student loan program, Minnesota's 529 College Savings Plan, licensing and an early college awareness program and initiatives for youth.
