Free housing, scholarships, and spray tans: See the perks that colleges are offering students to get the COVID-19 vaccine this fall

A Pell Grant is aimed at low-income students who need extra money to afford the cost of college.Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images

• Some colleges and universities are mandating that students and staff get the COVID vaccine.
• Others are offering a range of perks to incentivize, but not require, students to get the shot.
• These include things like scholarships, tech bundles, parking passes and even free housing.

Colleges and universities across the US are preparing for the start of a new academic year in the fall. For many, this year's preparations include finding ways to incentivize students to get the COVID vaccine.

From scholarships to free housing, here are some of the perks that higher education institutions are offering to boost student vaccination rates: