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Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC)
College for TN is the student site of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC). Its Tennessee Financial Aid page lists every state grant and scholarship, with school type tabs for four-year, two-year and technical schools. Each program has its own page, and students apply through the FAFSA or the THEC Student Portal.
Best for: Tennessee high school seniors and adult learners who want one list of state grants and scholarships for Tennessee colleges and technical schools.
Limitation: Deadlines may be out of date because most program pages give dates with no year, and many programs serve set groups only.
Tennessee government aid source. Pair promising state awards with your college financial aid office for packaging. Named programs commonly referenced include Student Assistance Award.
Our rating
2.7out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.0 / 5)
- School type tabs sort programs for four-year, two-year and technical schools.
- Program pages state grade, test score and income rules.
- Most programs serve set groups such as adults, veterans or teachers.
Scholarship Quality (3.0 / 5)
- The state agency runs every listed program.
- Most program pages give deadlines with no year.
- Most program pages state an award amount.
Ease of Use (4.0 / 5)
- Outside links open in new tabs.
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Program pages open straight from the main list.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
Privacy & Marketing (2.5 / 5)
- Pages show no ads or sweepstakes.
- Google Ads and visitor tracking tags load without notice.
- The policy offers only browser cookie settings.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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.