{"id":239,"date":"2022-07-25T01:44:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T06:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:02:42","slug":"financing-your-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/welcome-to-saa\/financing-your-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Financing Your Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is important to work with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/financialaid\/\">St. Olaf Financial Aid Office<\/a> to achieve the best possible financing for your study abroad\/away program. Your federal, state and institutional grants, scholarships and loans may be used for St. Olaf study abroad\/away semester and year programs. You may revise your yearly financial aid request to reflect the additional cost of abroad\/away programs. Extra loans, such as the SELF loan are also available<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"program-costs\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Program Costs<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All Smith Center study abroad\/away programs have varying costs.\u00a0 All students participating in St. Olaf College abroad\/away programs pay St. Olaf tuition and additional program costs.\u00a0 A detailed budget is available\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stolaf.studioabroad.com\/\">online<\/a>\u00a0for each St. Olaf semester\/year and January term program. Each program webpage contains a\u00a0<em>Budget Sheet<\/em>\u00a0that is updated each year to reflect the costs for each specific term.\u00a0 This includes estimated transportation, housing, meals, and other anticipated travel costs.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stolaf.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=a4cd1944-07f9-41a7-87b7-b04201061bb7\">Watch this video<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about how to find the\u00a0<em>Budget Sheet\u00a0<\/em>for each program.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"financial-aid\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Financial Aid<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\">St. Olaf students participating in St. Olaf abroad\/away programs are eligible to retain the financial aid they would receive while studying on campus, with the exception that student work is not available.\u00a0 Scholarship assistance is available based on need to help in meeting the additional program costs.\u00a0 Students interested in receiving information about scholarships should contact the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/financialaid\/financing-study-abroad-programs\/\">Office of Financial Aid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Financial Aid first goes towards any accumulated charges on the St. Olaf student account (tuition, study abroad\/away program fee, health insurance,\u00a0 parking tickets, miscellaneous charges, etc.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">If a credit remains on the student account, students may place an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/stuacct\/procedure_sto-70\/\">Account Refund Request<\/a>\u201d through SIS to have direct access to the available funding for use while studying abroad\/away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"scholarships\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Scholarships<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>All St. Olaf applicants are automatically considered for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1cpgxs0PZHttiQWJbfSUwZlVnwATP8OVu\/view?usp=drive_link\">Smith Center study abroad\/away scholarship<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0 In addition to automatic scholarships, students may also be eligible for scholarships offered by St. Olaf College, their study abroad\/away program, and other external scholarship providers that require applications.\u00a0 Scholarships outside of St. Olaf have varying application deadlines and requirements, so it is important to explore scholarship options early.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"billing\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Billing<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Semester and year programs are billed in accordance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/stuacct\/billinginformation\/\">St. Olaf Billing and Payment Policy<\/a> for the study abroad\/away term.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">St. Olaf January Term programs are billed in accordance with the fall <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/stuacct\/billinginformation\/\">St. Olaf Billing and Payment Policy<\/a>.\u00a0 If a student is accepted in the fall prior to the January Term program, student will be billed after they have committed to their St. Olaf application.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Any questions about billing contact Student Accounts at <a href=\"mailto:tuition@stolaf.edu\">tuition@stolaf.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t 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