Higher education overseas is very expensive. Tuition, room and board at an undergraduate institution will cost from $15,000 to $40,000 a year, depending on the school. A graduate education can be even more expensive.

But there is very little financial aid for foreign nationals. So you will have to be resourceful and explore every possibility. Some of the sources of Financial aid for such students include aid from home country, aid from international organizations, aid from government, aid from private organizations and sponsors and aid from your family.

Name and Web Links of Specific Scholarships

• Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarships
• Compton Peace and Environment Fellowship (can apply after enrollment)
• Aga Khan Foundation
• Namibian Government Scholarship & Training Program (NGST)
• Edmund S Muskie/ Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program
• The Inter-American Bank Scholarships
• Soros Supplementary Grants Program
• Supplementary Grants for Burma
• Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships
• AMIDEAST
• American Association of University Women (can apply after enrollment)
• PEO Sisterhood
• Organization of American States Leo S. Rowe Pan American Fund
• UNESCO
• Council on International Exchange
• Institute for International Education
• International Research & Exchange Board

College Website Links to Funding Sources

• Tufts Graduate and Professional Studies, general funding
• George Washington University
• Cornell Fellowship Notebook

Online Scholarship Databases

• Fellowships at Gradschool.com
• Edu Pass
• Community of Science, Inc- grant information
• Collegeboard.com
• Collegenet.com- Search the database and apply directly for each scholarship
• Finaid.org – Comprehensive listing, information and links
• Wired Scholar.com
• Educaid
• FastWeb Scholarship Search
• Kachinatech
• Financial Aid for Foreign Nationals studying in the United States
• The Foundation Center

Loans

• International Education Finance Corporation
• The Educational Resource Institute
• Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority
• International Student Loan.com
• Citibank Continuing Education Loan

Information & Guides to Funding Graduate Study

• Princeton Review
• The Scholarship Page