Homeschool benefits and savings in Canton and Stark County
Malone University in Canton gives homeschooled students a $1,500-a-year Homeschool Scholarship grant when they enroll as full-time undergraduates. Students who receive an athletic scholarship are not eligible.
Who qualifies
Was homeschooled
Malone awards the grant to students who are homeschooled, the same way it awards its Christian High School Scholarship to Christian school graduates.
Enrolls full time
The qualification-based scholarships are for full-time undergraduate students.
Sends an official homeschool transcript
The person responsible for your student's records compiles a typed, signed, and dated transcript of all grade 9-12 courses and grades, noting any curriculum used.
Has no athletic scholarship
Students who receive an athletic scholarship are not eligible for the Homeschool Scholarship.
What it is worth
Malone awards $1,500 per year to homeschooled full-time undergraduates.
- One year
- $1,500
- Two years
- $3,000
- Three years
- $4,500
- Four years
- $6,000
The multi-year totals assume your student stays a full-time undergraduate each year; ask Financial Aid what is required to keep the grant.
From applying to keeping it
- Senior year
Prepare the transcript
Type, sign, and date an official transcript of grades 9-12, and request official transcripts from any college where your student took courses.
- When you apply
Apply to Malone
Submit Malone's application. Freshmen are automatically considered for merit awards upon admission.
- After admission
Check the aid offer
Confirm the $1,500 Homeschool Scholarship appears on your offer, and contact Admissions or Financial Aid if it does not.
- Each year
Stay full time
The grant is a per-year award for full-time undergraduates.
What it pays for
Covered
- Undergraduate costs at Malone, as a yearly grant
Not covered
- Students with athletic scholarships
- Part-time students
- A second qualification-based scholarship at the same time
A student can hold only one of Malone's qualification-based scholarships at a time, such as the Homeschool, Christian High School, or Evangelical Friends award.
Good to know
Only one qualification-based scholarship at a time
Your student cannot combine the Homeschool Scholarship with a second qualification-based scholarship, since Malone allows only one at a time. Merit awards are listed separately and considered automatically upon admission, so ask Financial Aid how the two combine on your offer.
Athletic scholarships rule out the grant
Your student can keep the grant only without an athletic scholarship. Athletic scholarship recipients are not eligible.
Who to contact
Admissions answers questions about homeschool transcripts and the scholarships on your offer.
330-471-8145 Homeschool students page
Homeschool rules and statewide help in Ohio
You must notify the resident district superintendent within five calendar days after beginning home education, moving into a district, or withdrawing from school, and notify annually by August 30.
Ohio sets these rules:
- Subjects: Provide instruction in English language arts, mathematics, science, history, government, and social studies.
- Testing: Ohio's current home-education law does not require an annual standardized test or academic assessment filing.
- Records: Keep copies of each notice and the superintendent's acknowledgment; the state does not require a routine portfolio submission.
- Teachers: Ohio's current home-education statute does not impose the former diploma-or-supervision requirement.
Read the Ohio homeschooling guide See statewide programs in Ohio
Questions parents ask
- What makes a homeschool transcript official for Malone?
- It must be typed, signed, and dated by the person or organization responsible for the records, list every grade 9-12 course with its grade, and note any curriculum used.
- What courses does Malone recommend?
- Malone recommends four units of English, three of math through Algebra II, three of science including a lab, two of social studies, one of history, two of a foreign language, one of arts, and two academic electives.
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