{"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":"2026-03-20T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:22:58","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-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 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>\u00a0to 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<h3><strong>Program Costs<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>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> for each St. Olaf semester\/year and January term program. Each program webpage contains a <em>Budget Sheet<\/em> that 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/stolaf.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=a4cd1944-07f9-41a7-87b7-b04201061bb7\">Watch this video<\/a> to learn more about how to find the <em>Budget Sheet\u00a0<\/em>for each program.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Financial Aid<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/financialaid\/financing-study-abroad-programs\/\">Office of Financial Aid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>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>If a credit remains on the student account, students may place an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/stuacct\/procedure_sto-70\/\">Account Refund Request<\/a>&#8221; through SIS to have direct access to the available funding for use while studying abroad\/away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Scholarships<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>All St. Olaf applicants are automatically considered for <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/financialaid\/files\/2024\/11\/Final-Study-Abroad-Scholarship-Framework-for-2526.pdf\">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.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8199\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/files\/2025\/07\/Final-Study-Abroad-Scholarship-Framework-for-2526_page-0001.jpg?resize=747%2C967&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"967\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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 \">\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>Students who <strong>do not attend<\/strong> St. Olaf College should seek financial aid through their home institutions. 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