Trade and vocational schools prepare students for hands-on careers, from welding and HVAC to healthcare and automotive tech. Lite Tuition is a free, debt-free way for those students to raise money toward tuition and program costs, and a resource your school shares.
Funding for hands-on futures
On Lite Tuition, a student, or a parent on their behalf, creates a free campaign with a title, goal, photo, story, and an end date. Our team reviews every campaign before its page goes public, so you hear back within 48 hours. What supporters give is a gift, not a loan, so students start their careers with less debt to carry.
Support for tuition and program costs
Career and technical programs run on more than tuition. A campaign can raise toward the fees, books, and lab or program costs the school bills for. Supporters contribute securely through PayPal and can choose to cover the fees so the student receives the full gift. Lite Tuition keeps a flat 5%, PayPal charges its own processing fee, and the minimum gift is $10.
Nothing for your school to set up
This is free to share, with nothing for your team to build or host. When a campaign closes, the money is released to the student's school, in care of the student, toward the costs the school bills, once a school is selected. It is never cash and never a loan to pay back.
Students in trade and vocational programs use Lite Tuition to:
- Raise toward tuition and limit their debt
- Cover fees, books, and lab or program costs their school bills for
- Tell their story with a public or private campaign, one at a time
- Rally family, friends, and the community behind their future
Want to point your students to it? Share our Get Started page or reach out to our team.
