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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board - Financial Aid
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board publishes state financial aid program pages covering TEXAS Grant, Texas Educational Opportunity Grant, Tuition Equalization Grant and related awards. Public pages explain which institutions participate and link guidelines. Students typically receive these grants through their college financial aid office rather than a student-facing match portal on this site.
Best for: Texas undergraduates seeking state grant program facts to take to their college financial aid office.
Limitation: Pages are written for colleges, the College for All Texans site has moved, and the new student site links out to search sites.
Official Texas agency pages. File FAFSA on time when the program requires it. Confirm the current cycle deadlines on this site. Named programs commonly referenced include TEXAS Grant.
Our rating
2.8out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (1.5 / 5)
- Program pages describe state aid for colleges, with no search or filters.
- Programs are grouped as grants, work study, waivers and set asides.
- Each program names the school types where it can be used.
- The student site links out to outside scholarship searches.
Scholarship Quality (4.0 / 5)
- Guidelines and allocation memos name fiscal years.
- THECB is the accountable state agency.
- Amounts appear in memos more than on student cards.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Outside links open in new tabs.
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
- Back returns to the list.
Privacy & Marketing (3.5 / 5)
- Policy says visitor data is not actively shared.
- Pages load Google Analytics, which the policy does not name.
- No ads or student marketing offers on pages.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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.