The Georgia Student Finance Commission has a variety of grants, loans and scholarships to help residents with the cost of a higher education.

Helping Educate Reservists and their Offspring (HERO) Scholarship provides assistance to members of the Georgia National Guard and U.S. Military Reservists, their children and spouses, who were deployed overseas on active duty service, on or after February 1, 2003, to a location designated as a combat zone.

SEE is a service cancelable loan available to Georgia residents enrolled in an engineering program of study approved by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accrediting Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) at Mercer University. In return, students agree to work in Georgia after graduation in an engineering-related field for a reduction in the loan's balance.

The Scholarship for Engineering Education Program (SEE) offers financial assistance to Georgia residents enrolled in an engineering program of study approved by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accrediting Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) at Mercer University.