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Kansas Optometry Service Scholarship

Kansas Board of Regents

This scholarship was established to benefit Kansas students planning to enroll in Optometry at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, Tennessee and School of Optometry at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. This program helps to pay the difference between resident and nonresident tuition. Recipients must provide one year of service as an optometrist anywhere in Kansas for each year of scholarship assistance.

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Eligibility Requirements

  • Age/Grade Level:
    Graduate Scholarships
  • Financial Need:
    Not Mentioned
  • Residence:
    Recipients must be Kansas residents.
  • College:
    The State of Kansas has an agreement with three Schools of Optometry for Kansas students to receive the Kansas Optometry Service Scholarship: Missouri School of Optometry, University of Missouri - St. Louis, Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, Tennessee and The School of Optometry at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
  • Major/Career:
    Schools of Optometry
  • Miscellaneous:
    Participants fulfill their obligation to the State of Kansas by providing one year of service as an optometrist anywhere in Kansas for each year of subsidized tuition, if not, then the scholarship is converted to a loan of the principal plus an interest rate which is equivalent to the interest rate applicable to loans made under the federal PLUS program at the time such person first entered into an agreement plus five percentage points.

Application Details

  • Transcript:
    Not required
  • Resume/Activity List:
    Not required
  • Other Materials:
    A completed application

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