Financial Aid

Financial aid is usually applied toward the required costs of approved Texas State Education Abroad programs, including Faculty-led, International Exchange, and Affiliated programs. Please note that there is no guarantee that a student will receive enough financial aid to completely cover the total costs of the Education Abroad program. Students should begin investigating the funding options for Education Abroad, including grants, personal savings, scholarships, and loans, as soon as possible. 

Please note that there are limits on the number of hours that may be taken via extension studies, which includes study abroad courses. Texas State students may take up to thirty credit hours via extension studies. 

Fall and/or Spring semester

• Courses abroad must count towards your degree plan in order for you to receive financial aid. 
• Students must be enrolled as a full-time student to be eligible for financial aid disbursement (Pell Grant will disburse with less than half-time enrollment). 
• Students in Affiliated Education Abroad program or Exchange program must be registered in their placeholder courses (ISEP courses) or their funds will not disburse to their student account. 

Summer

• Students must be enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours to be eligible for financial aid disbursement (Pell Grant will disburse with less than half-time enrollment). 
• A student's Pell Grant and federal loans for summer study abroad are based on what was not exhausted during fall/spring. 
• Summer grants are limited and awarded on a first come, first served basis. 
• You must have a current FAFSA with Texas State. 

Students who receive financial aid to participate in an Education Abroad program may be subject to repaying that financial aid under certain situations. The purpose of this policy is to inform students about circumstances that may result in having to repay their financial aid. 

If I choose to apply and accept federal funding, I understand that if I withdraw of am expelled from the Education Abroad program prior to the 60-percent point of the program, usually termed semester, I will be required to repay any unearned portion of my federal Title IV aid. If I fail to receive earned grades (i.e. all U's, all W's, all I's or a combination of all U's, W's, or I's) in courses that span the entire period you are scheduled to complete during a semester, I am considered to have, for purposes of federal Title IV funds, unofficially withdrawn from the Education Abroad program and may be required to repay any unearned portion of my federal Title IV aid. 

Important information regarding course offerings: the federal government requires that your financial aid eligibility only be based on those courses that count toward the completion of your degree. To be considered a full-time student for financial aid purposes, you must enroll in 12 credit hours as an undergraduate student (or 9 credit hours as a graduate student) that count toward your degree. To be eligible for most federal grants or loans, you must be enrolled at least half-time in courses that satisfy a degree requirement. Remember, to be eligible for most financial aid, you only need to be enrolled at least half-time (6 hours for undergraduate students and 5 hours for graduate students).