Maximize Your Education ROI with Butler Tech
Get career-ready fast with Butler Tech Adult Education. Our accredited training programs deliver industry-recognized credentials in less time and at a lower cost than traditional colleges. Butler Tech is your direct path to in-demand careers in healthcare, skilled trades, public safety, and more.
Financial Aid
Find financial aid, grants, and scholarships to help cover your Butler Tech tuition, fees, supplies, and living expenses.
Federal financial aid can be used for programs over 600 hours.
- Butler Tech School Code 015492
Understand Your Cost of Attendance
Review the Cost of Attendance (COA) for your chosen program. The COA includes direct costs—such as tuition, fees, and required supplies—and estimated indirect costs, like housing, transportation, and personal living expenses. This total estimate helps you plan your budget, compare costs, and explore available financial aid options.
Financial Aid
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Butler Tech students can access financial assistance through many outside agencies:
- Ohio Department of Higher Education
The Ohio Department of Higher Education has a Nurse Education Assistance Loan Program (NEALP). If you are interested, you must submit paperwork and meet deadlines with ODHE. For more information, call 1-888-833-1133 or visit www.ohiohighered.org/nealp.
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA Grant) Career Connection (YOP)
Funding options may be available from these agencies for students who qualify. Contact your local Ohio Means Jobs office to see if you qualify for the WIOA grant that can provide either partial or total financial aid to cover the cost of tuition, books, and supplies for our programs.
- Easterseals
Easterseals provides services to students 16-24 years old, and Ohio Means Jobs manages the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) program. Partial to total aid may be available to cover tuition, books and supplies. Contact your local Easterseals office to see if you qualify.
- Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD)
Funding may be available from this local agency for students with physical, mental or emotional disabilities that present a handicap to employment. Partial to total aid may be available to cover tuition, books and supplies. Contact your local or area OOD office. Information is available at www.ood.ohio.gov.
- Trade Adjustment Assistance
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) may be available for students who have lost jobs or had hours and wages reduced because of foreign trade. Contact your employer or a local Ohio Bureau of Employment Services office for more information.
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The Friends of Butler Tech Scholarship is available to students enrolled in any full-time program. External Scholarship opportunities are also available through employers, nonprofits, foundations and other organizations. Butler Tech will work with scholarship providers to meet their requirements.
Hamilton Community Foundation Scholarships for Adults Returning to Higher Education
Middletown Community Foundation Scholarships for Non-Traditional Adults
Licensed Practical Nursing FA Davis Nursing Scholarship
Commercial Truck Driving Careers In Gear Trucking Scholarship
Scholarships for Marine Corp children Marine Corps Scholarship
For more information contact:
Financial Aid for Healthcare and Industry Technology Programs: 513-645-8342
Financial Aid for CDL and Public Safety Programs: 513-645-8315 -
Submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at studentaid.gov.
- Use the Butler Tech school code 015492.
The programs over 600 hours listed below can use federal financial aid funds:
- Licensed Practical Nursing
- Medical Billing and Coding
- HVAC/R (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration)
- Industrial Maintenance Technology
- Industrial Welding
- Fire Rescue Academy
- Paramedic
- Basic Police Academy
- LPN to RN Bridge Program
Once you’ve completed your FAFSA form or need assistance, contact us at 513-645-8200 to schedule an appointment with a Financial Aid Coordinator. Every new student is encouraged to schedule a financial aid advising appointment during enrollment.
Federal financial aid opportunities include Pell Grants, Direct Loans, and PLUS Loans.
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Thank you for your services to our country!
Butler Tech offers the following programs approved by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for Veterans Education benefits:
- Basic Police Academy
- CDL Commercial Driver’s License (Class A & B)
- Certified Nurse Aide (formerly State Tested Nurse Aide)
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Fire Rescue Academy
- Firefighter 1 & 2
- HVAC/R (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration)
- Industrial Maintenance Technology
- Industrial Welding
- Medical Assisting
- Medical Billing and Coding
- Paramedic
- Phlebotomy
- Licensed Practical Nursing
If you have never used your Veteran’s education benefits, you must apply online at https://www.va.gov/education/how-to-apply/. Once your application is approved by the VA, you will receive your Certificate of Eligibility. Your length of service and the chapter of benefit indicated on the Certificate of Eligibility will determine how much the VA will pay for training. If you plan on using financial aid in addition to your VA benefits, you will also need to complete a FAFSA form.
Chapter 33 (Post911) pays the school directly, so you are allowed to start a program without full payment if you can provide your VA Certificate of Eligibility in advance. All other chapters pay the veteran directly, so those students would either self-pay or have the option of applying for federal financial aid.
If you have used your veteran’s education benefits in the past, you will need to complete the VBA22-1995 Request for Change of Location or Place of Training
For members of Selective Reserve, you will need to request from your commanding officer a DD-2384 Notice of Basic Eligibility (NOBE) form
Additional Veteran Resources
Veterans Benefits Administration 1-888-442-4551
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This calculator is intended to provide estimated net price information (defined as estimated cost of attendance — including tuition and required fees, books and supplies, room and board (meals), and other related expenses — minus estimated grant and scholarship aid) to current and prospective students and their families based on what similar students paid in a previous year.