I intend to studying in the US, and my parents can only guarantee me 100000 dollars for my studying for 4 years.
Is that amount of money adequate?
How can i get a financial aid of at least 70%?
Thank you for your attention and kind help.
$100,000 for four years? And you need to live on campus too.
No, I don’t think $25,000 a year will cover a four year residential college UNLESS you get really good merit aid someplace.
So…what is your GPA and SAT or ACT score? If they are sufficiently high, you could get a guaranteed award at University of Alabama that would leave you with a net cost of $25,000 a year…or maybe less.
What schools do your parents want you to attend?
Any school that offers me a good financial aid and is suitable for our finance.
GPA:A
SAT: 1450
I know i may sound a bit unrealistic
You should look for affordable options in your home country.
Can i work and study at the same time to add up the money my parents giving me? Is there any chance?
I don’t see how you can be a full time student and work enough to make up that difference. You should focus on finding schools where you might qualify for significant merit aid (you will need very strong academic stats).
Thank you guys a lot
Does Alabama offer their incoming scholarships to international students? If so, you would qualify for free tuition there.
Many international students are looking for good US colleges that also offer financial aid. Here’s a list I’ve compiled from various sources on the best colleges and scholarships for internationals.
The Data (source: CollegeBoard)
- Overall, 17% of international undergraduate students in the US were awarded financial aid in 2015.
- For private, non-profit colleges, this jumps to 36%, for public colleges it was 13%, and for for-profit colleges it was just 6%.
- The numbers are getting better for internationals. In 2012, 701 US colleges awarded $796M in aid to internationals. In 2015, 815 US colleges awarded $1,165M to internationals, and the increase has been roughly linear each year.
- According to Forbes, the number of internationals at US colleges exceeded 1 million for the first time in 2016. Almost half of these are from India and China.
USN&WR’s Top 10 Schools for International Student Financial Aid
Here’s a list with some data from USN&WR from 2014. (You can find the updated numbers here (https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/slideshows/10-schools-where-international-students-get-the-most-financial-aid), but it’s in a slideshow). One thing that should jump out at you is that there aren’t that many internationals receiving aid, especially relative to the total student body size, so getting in and getting aid will both be somewhat competitive.
- Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. 96 international students received $56,600 on average.
- Yale University, New Haven, CT. 322 international students received $55,862 on average.
- Amherst College, Amherst, MA. 154 international students received $55,673 on average.
- Williams College, Williamstown, MA. 87 international students received $55,119 on average.
- Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. 77 international students received $54,996 on average.
- Trinity College, Hartford, CT. 166 international students received $54,788 on average.
- Columbia University, New York, NY. 176 international students received $53,972 on average.
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA. 150 international students received $53,422 on average.
- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 524 international students received $53,409 on average.
- Duke University, Durham, NC. 173 international students received $53,334 on average.
Full Tuition Merit Scholarships (open to international students)
These scholarships offer full tuition to international applicants based on merit. Students apply for these scholarships at the time of their application. Check the deadlines to make sure you don’t miss them.
- Carleton College – Northfield, Minnesota. Full Tuition Scholarship (up to six per year). Carleton also gives away partial tuition scholarship. In total, Carleton gave 26 international students aid last year totaling $2,589,268.
- Rice University – Houston, Texas. Allen International Scholarship. Rice students are also eligible for need-based aid. Rice gave away $1,828,575 in aid last year to 75 international students.
- University of Miami – Coral Gables, Florida. Premier Scholarship. The University of Miami also offers partial tuition merit-based scholarships. Last year the school gave away $3,318,202 to 118 international students.
- Washington and Lee University – Lexington, Virginia. Johnson Scholarship. Washington and Lee University also offers need-based aid. Washington and Lee gave away $3,640,194 last year to 73 international students.
Need Blind Schools Committed to Meeting 100% of Demonstrated Need
These five schools do not consider your ability to pay as a factor in your admissions decision. Once you are accepted, they will cover your full need whether that be a partial scholarship or full tuition.
- Harvard University – Cambridge, Massachusetts. 530 international students, $27,866,340 in aid.
- Yale University – New Haven, Connecticut. 350 international students, $18,639,436 in aid.
- Princeton University – Princeton, New Jersey. 409 international students, $16,397,219 in aid.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge, MA. 374 international students, $16,854,797 in aid.
- Amherst College – Northampton, Massachusetts. 146 international students, $7,655,287 in aid.
A Few More Comprehensive Lists
Here’s a list of 1086 colleges that disclose aid awarded to internationals (https://lendedu.com/blog/international-students-financial-aid-study). The data come from Peterson’s (https://www.petersons.com/). I believe they cross referenced the list with their rankings system so that only schools that qualified for their rankings would be included.
The Best of the Rest
Lastly, here is a much more comprehensive list of 121 of the best merit scholarships open to internationals. (http://thecollegematchmaker.com/121-of-the-best-merit-scholarships-open-to-international-students/) Note that many of these are not full tuition, but most of them are substantial. These can be a gold mine because while everyone knows that Harvard and Yale will give generous aid to internationals, very few people realize how good some of these programs are. This makes them far less competitive and great safety options as these are all very good schools.
Good luck!
UT Dallas might work. If you get any level of AES scholarship, you are charged in state prices. The lowest level of AES is $3000/semester leaving about $25,000/year including the health insurance. The next level of AES would cover tuition totally but I think you would need to get a 1500+ score. It is a good school for the STEM degrees and easy to get to because it is in the DFW area.
Or attend a university with a very low list price (but international students must consider travel, medical insurance, and housing during break periods as well).
https://www.sdstate.edu/admissions/cost-estimate
https://www.truman.edu/admission-cost/cost-aid/tuition-costs/
I am wondering why you want to come to the US for university.
Do you have good options in your home country? Is your home country a safe place for you to live and study?
In most cases international students who graduate from university in the US are expected to leave the US and return to their home country very quickly after graduation. There are a lot of very good universities here. However, most are expensive, and there are also a lot of very good universities elsewhere.
Whether your total budget of US $100,000 would be sufficient at schools in the US would depend upon the school, and how much aid you qualify for (whether need based or merit based). There are quite a few universities in Canada where this budget would be sufficient, and where a straight A high school grades plus a 1450 SAT would make admissions very likely.
What would you like to study? What do you want in a university?
University of Minnesota has a couple campuses that are low priced even for non-residents. Morris and Crookston are both under 25K total COA. I mean, if the end goal is just studying in the US and you don’t care about being in the middle of nowhere in the US that is. 
This student would need to have demonstrated financial need for ALL of the colleges on your list. It is very unclear if this is the case. The OP wrote that the family can “afford” $25,000 a year…total $100,000. We don’t know their income or asset situation. So we really can’t venture a guess about need based aid eligibility
In addition, a 1450 SAT score is not a slam dunk for admissions to most of the colleges on that list which have VERY low acceptance rates. Their very generous need based aid is only available to the about 10% of accepted students.
And also…with the exception of five school…all others that guarantee to meet full need for international students are need aware for admissions…meaning that the student’s financial need will be considered as part of the application process.
@JohnPonBui University of Alabama DOES offer its guaranteed merit awards to international students. The application for Alabama should be going live very soon. I would encourage this student to complete both the admissions and scholarship applications ASAP after they become available for submission. They will get a decision with merit aid within a few weeks of applying.
The alabama app is live now.
You would get a lot of merit there.
Does the $25k/yr include flights here?
Is that 1450 a superscore or a single sitting score? Are you retesting?
What is your major and career goal?
And that above post about “average aid” from those tippy top schools is not reliable. Average means nothing to an individual. We don’t know how affluent this family is.
And getting into those schools is a crapshoot.
Also… as an int’l, you would not be permitted to work here.
So @JohnPonBui
Go online and apply to Alabama today.
Re: working while here…while a student, you might be able to work…but not enough to pay college costs.
While jobs that international students can take are very limited, there are some, mostly on campus, that they’re permitted to do. The hours will be limited and the pay is not likely to be generous. I agree it is not enough to make much of a difference in tuition expenses.
$25k is just enough to study in the US, but OP will need top stats and won’t be able to be picky about where he attends.