SC colleges can apply to offer new Pell Grants aimed at in-demand trades. So far, none have.

So far, SC colleges and trade schools have yet to seek approval for training programs under a recently expanded Pell Grant program.

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: October 5, 2026

Words: 837

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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COLUMBIA — Nursing and medical assistants, mechanics and commercial truck drivers, welders and construction equipment operators. These are among the South Carolina careers newly eligible for low-income, federal education grants.

But so far, colleges and trade schools in the Palmetto State have yet to seek approval for training programs under the recently expanded Pell Grant program.

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