International-Students

General Information

All students eligible for Financial Aid are determined according to information collected from the FAFSA. One requirement to be eligible for Federal Financial Aid is being a citizen or eligible non-citizen. An eligible non-citizen is one of the following:

A U.S. Permanent resident and has a alien registration receipt card (I-551)
A conditional permanent resident (I-551C)
A resident with an arrival-departure record (I-94) from the U.S. immigration and naturalization service showing any of the following designations:
Refugee
Asylum granted
Indefinite parole
Humanitarian parole
Cuban-Haitian entrant

Ineligibility for Federal Financial Aid

Students are not eligible for federal student aid if they are in the United States on a:

F1 Student Visa
F2 Student Visa
J1 Exchange Visitor Visa
J2 Exchange Visitor Visa
G Series Visa.

However, there are still other scholarship opportunities available to international students. See our International Student Scholarship Opportunities page for more information.