Skip Menu

Return to Skip Menu

Main Content

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.