Paying for Off-Campus Programs FAQ’s
- What will I be billed by St. Olaf?
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- Students will be billed St. Olaf tuition and the program fee for their specific program.
- Students participating in a semester or year-long program are not billed room and board by St. Olaf.
- Students participating in an January Term program are charged program fees on their Fall semester SIS account.
- Please search for Semester or Year-Long Programs and view the “Budget Sheets” for details on different fees and the program cost.
- Please see the January Term Cost Pamphlet for more information about the program fee for January Term programs.
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- Students receiving financial aid will continue to be eligible for financial aid while they are participating in a St. Olaf semester sponsored program and remain as a full-time student.
- The only form of financial aid that students cannot receive while participating in an off-campus study program is student employment.
- St. Olaf has many endowed scholarship funds that are made possible by generous St. Olaf alumni and friends of the College to help reduce the cost of an off-campus study experience.
- Some of these funds are for specific programs, while others are for any off-campus program.
- Students who receive these funds must complete a thank you letter to the scholarship donor.
- Funding varies from year to year and is never guaranteed.
- Generally students apply in February for Semester or Year-long programs, find out in March if they’ve been admitted to the program and get scholarship news in April.
- The timing for January Term programs are that students apply in April, are admitted in May and find out about scholarship possibilities in June-July.
- There is NO application for these scholarship funds. All students are automatically considered for these scholarships.
- There are some external programs that have scholarships available for qualified students. These scholarships are normally tied to a specific program (for instance, money from the DIS: Copenhagen program may only be for students participating in the DIS: Copenhagen program). Almost all of these programs are semester or year-long programs.
- Here is the list of programs that, as of Fall 2022, had external scholarship funding:
- CIEE Programs (Ghana, South Africa, France-Rennes, Spain-Seville)
- IES Programs (Argentina, Italy-Milan, France-Paris)
- DIS Programs (Denmark-Copenhagen and Sweden-Stockholm)
- CGEE Programs (Namibia, Mexico + Central America)
- College Year in Athens
- Australia – CAPA UTS
- Here is the list of programs that, as of Fall 2022, had external scholarship funding:
- A federal scholarship is the Gilman Scholarship. Students must receive the Pell Grant to be eligible for the Gilman Scholarship.
- Loans may be available to assist with the costs associated with study abroad opportunities. Contact your financial aid counselor to see what loan opportunities are available to you.
- Possible options include: Federal Direct Loans, Federal Parent PLUS Loans and Student Alternative/Private Loans.