Funding options for USA - from government awards to university aid. See also the full guide.
What Scholarships Are Available for International Students?
- University merit scholarships - the largest source for most students; competitive but not exclusively need-based at many private schools
- Fulbright Program - prestigious, fully-funded, primarily for graduate and research scholars
- Assistantships (Graduate/Teaching) - common at the Master's and especially PhD level, often covering tuition plus a stipend in exchange for research or teaching work
- Country-specific scholarships - some home-country governments (India's various state scholarships, for instance) offer partial funding for study in the US
- Institutional need-based aid - a small number of private universities (Princeton, Harvard, MIT among them) offer genuinely need-blind admission with aid that can exceed full tuition cost
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