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🏫 Dual Enrollment & College for Indiana Homeschoolers

College classes in high school, admission for homeschool graduates, and the state college aid Indiana homeschoolers can earn — from our Indiana guide and articles.

Choice Scholarships, SGO scholarships and the Career Scholarship Account

Career Scholarship Account (CSA, IC 20-51.4-4.5): this one is open to homeschoolers. It gives up to $5,000 for 2026–27 to students in grades 10 to 12 enrolled in an approved CSA program, such as an internship of 75 or more hours with a training plan, a modern youth apprenticeship, a registered apprenticeship or other work-based learning. Money is paid in four

,250 disbursements. The Treasurer's student page lists 10th to 12th graders at an Indiana public or private school "or a student who is educating at home," plus Indiana residency. IDOE took over the program on July 1, 2026. The 2026–27 application ran March 1 to October 1, 2026. Contact CSA@doe.in.gov. An INESA student who joins CSA uses the existing INESA account.

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Other Indiana programs: dual enrollment, college aid, sports and driver's licenses

Dual enrollment at Ivy Tech: homeschooled high schoolers can take Ivy Tech classes for college credit as dual enrollment students. They apply through DualEnroll.com and pay tuition:

78.38 per credit hour, or
,577.11 per semester full-time, for Indiana residents (rates for Fall 2025 through Summer 2027), plus textbooks at
8 per credit hour through Ivy+. Some courses require a qualifying PSAT 10, SAT or ACT score, or Ivy Tech's free Knowledge Assessment. Students can work toward the 30-credit Indiana College Core, which transfers as the first year of college to Indiana's public universities and many private ones. Free dual credit is offered through high schools and career centers, so a homeschooler gets it only through a relationship with one. Most Ivy Tech campuses list a homeschool contact. Other colleges set their own rules for homeschool dual enrollment.

College aid: the 21st Century Scholars program is not open to homeschooled students. Students must enroll in 7th or 8th grade at an accredited Indiana public or private school and graduate with a Core 40 or higher diploma from an eligible high school. Learn More Indiana says students who aren't eligible for 21st Century Scholars may still get the need-based Frank O'Bannon Grant. That grant requires being a high school graduate or holding a GED, Indiana residency, full-time enrollment at an eligible Indiana college and a FAFSA by April 15. The CHE page has no separate homeschool rule, and HEA 1348 (2025) bars Indiana agencies and colleges from treating a homeschool diploma differently solely because of its source. The Mitch Daniels Early Graduation Scholarship ($4,000, one time) requires the student to have attended a publicly supported high school full time for the last two semesters, so homeschool graduates don't qualify. Its Class of 2027 application opens November 1, 2026.

Read the full section in our Indiana guide

Official sources

Summarized from our Indiana guide (as of October 2026) and articles. Rules change — confirm on the official pages before you act.

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