Loan repayment and scholarships are two ways to pay for student loans that are offered in exchange for service in certain underserved areas and to certain underserved populations. These areas and populations are in rural communities and in urban underserved clinics that serve the uninsured and underinsured. Scholarships are funds you would apply for and receive while in school; loan repayment monies are funds you would apply for and receive after school, when you are working.

There are many programs available in Colorado. You may click on a link below to go to a specific program that is offered through the Colorado Rural Health Center, or you may go to the general Loan Repayment Grid, Faculty Loan Repayment Grid, and Scholarship Grid to get a summary of programs offered outside of our offices as well.

For assistance finding a job where you can get loan repayment, please check out the Colorado Rural Health Center’s Colorado Provider Recruitment Program (CPR), where you can get in touch with a nonprofit recruiter who will provide professional assistance linking you to jobs all over Colorado.

To read an article on the influence of loan repayment on rural healthcare provider recruitment and retention in Colorado co-authored by CRHC's CEO click here.

Loan Repayment

• Colorado Rural Outreach Program (CROP)
• Colorado Health Service Corps
• Loan Repayment Grid (includes information on four programs in Colorado)
• Faculty Loan Repayment and Scholarship Grid

Scholarships

• Marva Jean Jackson (MJJ) Scholarship
• Rural Locum Tenens and CME Travel Scholarship
• HRSA Scholarship Program
• Scholarship Grid (includes information on four scholarship programs in Colorado)