Last verified: October 2026
How much does the Dual Enrollment Grant pay a Knoxville high schooler in 2026-27?
For 2026-27 the grant is worth as much as $620.55 per three-hour course for a student's first five classes and as much as $100 per credit hour for classes six to ten, figures TSAC still marks as tentative.
A single TSAC portal application handles the whole 2026-27 year, summer 2027 included, and the cutoff is June 30.
Where do Knoxville-area private school students take dual enrollment?
The community colleges serving these counties all run dual-enrollment programs: Pellissippi State in Knox and Blount, Roane State with an Oak Ridge campus, and Walters State, which has a Sevier County dual-enrollment page. Ask your school which partnerships and course schedules it already has.
At a Tennessee College of Applied Technology, any student in grades 9-12 can use the grant, paid by clock hours. Every student must keep at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA in grant-funded courses.
| Tennessee Dual Enrollment Grant is | Tennessee Dual Enrollment Grant is not |
|---|---|
| College tuition help for high school juniors and seniors | Endless: the cap is ten courses, or 1,296 TCAT hours |
| Capped at ten courses at two- and four-year colleges | Safe if grant-course GPA slips under 2.0 |
| Open regardless of family income | Open to freshmen and sophomores at community colleges |
| Usable alongside EFS |