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Overview of Costs and Financial Aid
Colorado College is committed to providing high quality off-campus study opportunities to all students. To this end, we have worked to develop a roster of affiliated and approved study options that should allow students to find a program that will meet their academic as well as financial needs. If you are planning to study off-campus and receive financial aid from Colorado College that you would like to apply to your semester or year off-campus , you will need to select an affiliated or CC-led program. If your off-campus program is provided by an approved third party provider, you may be able to utilize your federal and state financial aid, but CC aid will not transfer to these programs. Please be aware that costs vary by program, and financial aid is not available for all programs. Before committing to any program, make sure you understand Colorado College policies, and have a clear idea of the expenses involved. Colorado College and Affiliated ProgramsIf you are participating in a Colorado College or affiliated program, in most cases you will pay regular Colorado College tuition, plus a program fee that normally covers the off-campus room and board, and may also cover field trips and other expenses. For most programs, you will be invoiced by Colorado College for tuition and the program fee, and you will pay a deposit to the program sponsor. In some cases, you will pay the program fee and deposit directly to the program sponsor. Colorado College invoices are normally sent in July for the fall semester and in November for the spring semester. You can view detailed cost breakdowns for Colorado College and affiliated programs. Students may use their institutional and federal financial aid awards for study on Colorado College and affiliated programs. You may also be eligible to take out additional loans to cover costs that your current financial aid package does not cover. Students should discuss these borrowing options with the financial aid office well in advance. Approved Non-Affiliated ProgramsIf you are participating in an approved non-affiliated program, you will not pay Colorado College tuition, or room and board fees, but will instead pay the program sponsor directly. Tuition and fees may be more or less than what Colorado College charges. Students may not use their Colorado College scholarship or grant awards to pay for these programs. However, federal Pell Grants, SEOG, Stafford, Perkins, other alternative loans, and PLUS Loans will transfer to non-affiliated programs. Please see Financial Aid Procedures for Non-Affiliated Programs for more information on transferring your federal aid. Other Financial Aid for Off-Campus Study Other scholarships are available for off-campus study, including the Gilman, Boren and Selig Fund awards. Please see the Office of International Programs for more information on these. In addition, high need students (usually Federal Pell Grant-eligible) may apply for the Coit/Christian Johnson Scholarship . These funds are used to cover foreign student costs when those costs exceed the cost of attendance of staying at Colorado College.
Off-Campus Study Administrative FeeWhen students study abroad on approved (non-affiliated) programs, they are not paying any Colorado College tuition or fees. However, many offices still provide support and services to these students. In order to defray some of the costs of these services, students studying off-campus on one of the approved programs will be assessed a $300 administrative fee. This fee will be assessed each time a student participates in an approved program. The administrative fee will be charged to a student's account on December 1 for spring semester programs and on May 1 for programs that begin in the fall. The fee is used to defray some of the costs associated with the administration of the off-campus study process and the various offices at Colorado College that support it. In addition to supporting the Office of International Programs in areas such as program management, academic assessment and risk management, student advising, informational materials, pre-departure handbooks, orientation, and re-entry workshops, it also goes towards covering the additional support offered to students who study off-campus, in areas like transferral of federal financial aid to third party providers where eligible, and the transferral of credit back to CC. If the fee presents a financial burden, students should contact our office to request a special waiver of the fee. Click on the links below for more information: |