Official college or university document can be submitted in place of high school completion documents. If you have completed college or university work in the United States, please read the section titled Transfer Credit. If you have completed course work at another college or university, either in the United States or another country, you may choose to apply for transfer credit. Very few financial aid opportunities exist for international students to study in the United States at the undergraduate level. Most grants, scholarships, and loans from public and private sources are restricted to U.S. citizens, including U.S. government loans.
Some countries provide financial assistance to their citizens for study in the United States.
Funds may be available from private organizations in your country that provide support for study in the United States. Most private scholarships for international students require that you apply from your home country so you should search for these opportunities before you arrive in the United States. To find information on financial assistance, you might want to contact your Ministry of Education, the U.S. Information Agency through the nearest U.S. Embassy, and the Agency for International Development, Office of International Training, Washington, DC 20523. If you are already in the United States, public libraries usually reference materials available to research private scholarship sources. Paid Scholarship search services are available in the United States, but they will be searching the sources that are usually restricted to U.S. citizens, so it is unlikely that funds will be found for you.