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Columbia International Student Financial Aid

Columbia University, United States

Scholarship overview

Admitted international undergraduates may receive need-based aid from Columbia. International students are not eligible for federal aid, so Columbia meets 100% of demonstrated need of admitted students with institutional funds. International applicants are reviewed need-aware.

Award Information

  • Non-US citizen or permanent resident applying to Columbia College or Columbia Engineering
  • Must indicate the intention to apply for aid when submitting the admission application; students admitted without requesting aid cannot later change status, apart from case-by-case review after a severe unforeseen change
  • Meets 100% of demonstrated need for admitted international students
  • Average award for international recipients: $79,375 (Columbia grant plus work-study)
  • International aid totalled $21 million
  • No loans in the package

Aid request is made with the admission application: Early Decision November 1 / Regular Decision January 1 application deadlines; aid forms due November 15 and February 15.

  1. Indicate aid request on the admission application.
  2. Submit the CSS Profile (code 2116).
  3. Upload parental income documentation through IDOC.

Official links

Documents you will need

  • CSS Profile
  • Parental income documentation via IDOC

How selection works

Need-aware admission review; aid is need-based only.

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