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Federal Financial Aid

According to the Higher Education Act of 1965, students can use government-issued financial aid for study abroad if they are enrolled in programs that their home university approves. Financial aid can be used to offset costs associated with studying abroad including:

  • Program Tuition & Fees
  • Travel & Transportation
  • Living Costs
  • Health Insurance
  • Passport & Visa Fees

Types of Government Financial Aid

  • Subsidized Loan: Available to students who demonstrate financial need. The Federal government pays interest on the loans as long as the student is enrolled half-time. Repayment and interest begins after you graduate, leave school, or drop below half time.
  • Unsubsidized Loan: Available to students regardless of need but interest is charged to the students while in school. A student may choose to make the interest-only payments on the unsubsidized loan or allow the interest to be added to the loan principal and then pay both principal and interest after leaving school.
  • PLUS Loan: Available to graduate students and parents of dependent undergraduate students. Interest accrues while students are in school. For graduate students, repayment begins 6 months after you graduate, leave school, or drop below half time. For undergraduates, parents must begin repayment once the loan is fully disbursed.
  • Federal Pell Grant is awarded to exceptionally needy undergraduate students

Scholarship Resources

  • Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program. Open to undergraduate Federal Pell Grant recipients who intend to study abroad for a semester, summer or year-long program.
  • The Freeman-ASIA Grant is designed to support U.S.-based undergraduates with demonstrated financial need who are planning to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia. The program’s goal is to increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents with first-hand exposure to and understanding of Asia and its peoples and cultures.
  • Boren Scholarships, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests, and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East

Veteran Resources

  • GI Bill- Students wishing to utilize funds available through the 9/11 GI Bill for their study abroad experience will only be allowed to do so if their they are required to study abroad to complete their degree/program. All requests must be approved by the VA before benefits will be received. If you are a veteran, ask your school about the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Passport

Apply early for a passport, or renew your old one. It should be valid for at least 6 months after you return home, and needs to have two or more blank pages. Otherwise some countries may not let you enter. 

Step

Sign up for our Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) at step.state.gov. You can receive travel and security updates about your destination, and it will help us contact you in an emergency.
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