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DC Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG)
The DC Tuition Assistance Grant is run by the District's Office of the State Superintendent of Education. Its page explains who qualifies, the residency and income rules, the list of eligible colleges and the DC OneApp, whose posted 2026 window ran from early February to late August and must be filed again each year, with checklists in several languages.
Best for: District of Columbia residents heading to college who want official DCTAG rules, dates and the eligible school list.
Limitation: It covers one grant only, and the yearly application must be repeated before each deadline.
Our rating
3.2out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.5 / 5)
- One grant for District of Columbia residents.
- A list of eligible colleges is linked.
- Eligibility rules are listed point by point.
Scholarship Quality (4.0 / 5)
- The current application window has dated open and close days.
- The state education office runs the grant it describes.
- The grant page does not state the award amount.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Many links and buttons are small to tap on phones.
- Program pages open straight from the main list.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
- Back returns to the list.
Privacy & Marketing (3.5 / 5)
- The policy says your details are not sold or shared without consent.
- It does not name the analytics tools in use.
- No advertising tags load on the grant page.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.