Path to HC
The Path to HC program covers 100 percent of tuition when you combine Hastings College scholarships with state and federal aid for first-time, first-year students who qualify for a Pell Grant and attend select high schools.
With changes to the FAFSA, more students qualify for a Pell Grant, which means more students qualify for Path to HC!
For best consideration, apply to Hastings College during your senior year of high school and send your FAFSA results to Hastings College.
Eligible High Schools
Students from these high schools are eligible to participate.
- Adams Central
- Blue Hill
- Cozad
- Doniphan-Trumbull
- Giltner
- Gothenburg
- Grand Island Senior High
- Grand Island Northwest
- Grand Island Central Catholic
- Harvard
- Hastings Senior High
- Hastings St. Cecilia
- Heartland Lutheran
- Kenesaw
- Lexington
- Overton
- Sandy Creek
- Silver Lake
- Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
- Wood River
How to Qualify
To qualify for the Path to HC program, students must:
- Be a first-time, first-year student who attends one of the high schools listed above
- Be eligible for a Pell Grant determined by the FAFSA, completed at fafsa.gov
- Send us your FAFSA results by adding the Hastings College school code — 002548
- Apply and be admitted to Hastings College (there is no additional program application)
- Maintain full-time status at Hastings College (12 or more credit hours per semester) and a GPA of 2.0 or higher
How it Works
For Path to HC students, you contribute $5,350 toward tuition and fees for the entire 2025-26 academic year — subsidized and unsubsidized student loans can also cover this cost.
We then apply federal and state grants, your Hastings College academic scholarship, a plus one scholarship (if applicable), and a need-based HC grant to cover the rest of tuition.
Outside scholarships, family resources and/or any remaining student loan funds can be used to pay room and meals should you choose to live on campus. (Students who reside within 30 miles of campus can receive a housing exemption to live at home.)
How to Renew
To remain eligible for the Path to HC program, students must remain full time Hastings College with a GPA of 2.0 or higher, complete their FAFSA by March 1 each year and remain eligible for a Pell Grant. The program covers the full cost of tuition after state and federal funds (including the maximum Subsidized Federal Direct Loan eligibility) are applied.
Outside scholarships, family resources and/or an unsubsidized federal student loan can be used to pay fees, and room and meals should a student choose to live on campus. (Students who reside within 30 miles of campus can receive a housing exemption to live at home.)
