International Students

Student Loans for International Students

The following private lending institutions offer student loans to international students. The student borrower must obtain credit worthy loan cosigners who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents:

Citi Assist Loans
Online link to Citibank
CitiAssist
1-800-692-9200 Students or Parents

Bank of America
See private loans for
International Students
Bank of America
1-800-344-8382 Students

Other Sources of Information
International Student Office
Estimate College Costs
Buddy Program
I-20 information
Seminar for International Students
First Year Experience
Library news
See Financial Aid for International Students at www.finaid.org

To be considered eligible for federal, state, and/or institutional aid, students must be one of the following:*

United States citizen (native-born or naturalized).
U.S. national (includes natives of American Samoa or Swain's Island).
U.S. permanent resident. Must have an I-151, I-551, or I-551C (Alien Registration Receipt Card), or a Passport or an I-94 Form with a stamp indicating I-551 status.

Eligible Non-citizen with an INS Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) Form with one of the following designations:
"Refugee"
"Indefinite Parole" and/or "Humanitarian Parole"
"Asylum Granted"
"Cuban-Haitian Entrant, Status Pending,"
"Conditional Entrant" (valid only if issued before 4/1/1980).
Temporary Resident with an I-688 Card.

*Federal, state, and institutional aid includes:
Federal Pell and SEOG Grants
Federal Perkins
Stafford and PLUS Loans
Federal Work Study
Maryland State Scholarships(MHEAC).