Summary
The University of Aberdeen is approved to administer US Federal Direct Loans, US Private (credit-based) Student Loans and US Veterans Educational Benefits (or GI Bill) for students who are US citizens or eligible non-citizens and are studying with us.
Description
Your eligibility for US Federal Title IV Loans will be assessed according to the information provided by you on your FAFSA. For the purpose of US Financial Aid, the University of Aberdeen is classified as a 'foreign school'. This means that there are slightly different rules and areas of eligibility that you may not be used to if you have used Federal Aid before at a domestic School in the US. Most of our on campus full-time and part-time degree programmes are eligible for Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized, Parent PLUS and Graduate PLUS loans.
If your programme of study is not eligible for Federal Loans or you are unable to take Direct PLUS loans, you may want to consider Private (credit-based) loans to help pay for university expenses. It is sensible to do a comparison between the terms and conditions of both loan sources before making a final decision.
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Education Service provides benefits and resources to help US service members, Veterans and their eligible dependents pay for their education. If you are eligible for VA educational assistance, you may be able to use your Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33) or Survivors and Dependents Education Assistance (Chapter 35) benefits at the University of Aberdeen. The University of Aberdeen (UoA) is approved by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to process VA Benefits for students studying on campus in Aberdeen. Eligibility for GI Bill benefits is determined by the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
Criteria
You must be a US citizen or eligible non-citizen with a valid Social Security number.
Further eligibility criteria for Federal Loans can be found here – https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/finance/us-federal-direct-loans.php#panel2242
Further eligibility criteria for VA Benefits can be found here – https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/finance/us-federal-direct-loans.php#panel2823
Application Procedure
For Federal Loans please find further information here https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/finance/us-federal-direct-loans.php#panel2229
For Private Loans please find further information here https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/finance/us-federal-direct-loans.php#panel2208
For VA Benefits please find further information here https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/finance/us-federal-direct-loans.php#panel2823
Deadline
Available until further notice.
Further Info
Further information can be found here
If you have any questions please contact our US Loan Administrators (Usaloans@abdn.ac.uk)
Countries
United States