Issues and related data are examined concerning financial aid to students in the health professions at the University of Minnesota, with a focus on targeted grant programs for dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and medicine. Following a discussion of policy implications in general and an overview of each of the fields involved, eight policy alternatives are explored: continue to modify cost-related tuition within the University; allow tuition to increase to 33% of the cost of instruction; allocate or solicit more private university funds to attract quality students; allocate or solicit more private university funds to help financially needy students; provide additional program funding in the form of a tuition offset or other means; provide scholarship funds to be used by the university to attract qualified students; provide grant funds to help financially needy students; and modify the Graduated Repayment Income Protection Program to reduce the repayment burden on students with exceptionally high loans or low income. Eight tables illustrate tuition, cost, and student attrition data. (KM)