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Financial Aid

International Students

Loan Options for International Students

The Johnson School offers a new International Student Loan Program (ISLP) that provides partial funding to admitted international students in our full-time two-year MBA and Accelerated MBA program. Credit-worthy international students are eligible to apply and there is no requirement to secure a U.S. citizen or resident as a co-signer. The annual loan limit will be based on the cost of tuition minus any other aid received as certified by the School. View terms and conditions for this loan program.

Students who are interested need to complete an online application at http://www.accessgroup.org/isp/ and may have to provide other information in order to meet regulatory and underwriting requirements to the Access Group, the loan servicer for this program.

Please note the Johnson School does not allow US student loans to be used on a declaration of finances form.

Global Student Loan Corporation (GSLC) and HSBC have designed an international student loan program to provide funding specifically to students from India to attend U.S. schools. This solution enables you to borrow funds to cover the complete cost of education - tuition, room, board, books and equipment. A U.S. cosigner is not required but you do need a cosigner from your home country. Visit www.GlobalSLC.com to view loan terms and conditions and to start your loan application!

International students also have the option to borrow through a US lender with a credit worthy US or permanent resident co-signer. A co-signer loan may carry a lower interest rate.

We have a neutral lender list which students from Cornell have previously borrowed through. Students may choose any lender, including one not on our list:

Chase Select offers a loan program for international students with a U.S. social security number and a credit-worthy U.S. citizen cosigner or U.S. permanent resident cosigner. The rate is determined by the cosigner's credit history. Visit their website at http://chaseselectloans.com/

Citibank offers a loan program for international students with a credit-worthy U.S. citizen cosigner or U.S. permanent resident cosigner. The rate is determined by the cosigner's credit history. Visit their website at https://www.studentloan.com/

Sallie Mae loans are available for international students with a credit-worthy U.S. citizen cosigner or U.S. permanent resident cosigner. Visit their website at http://www.salliemae.com/

International students should investigate all sources of funding within their own countries, such as government scholarships and loans, private agencies, and bank loan programs.


For further information, contact:

Financial Aid Office
106A Sage Hall
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-6201

phone: 607 255 6116
e-mail: financialaid@johnson.cornell.edu