Tuition fees for the program are the same as at Penn State's University Park campus. Accommodation and field trip fees are an additional cost. Students must recognize that housing in Athens may be more expensive than a room for a semester at University Park. Round-trip air transportation and meals are additional costs to the student. Since students live in apartments, there is no meal plan, so students will purchase and prepare their own meals.
Students are responsible for making their own flight arrangements.
Textbooks and personal expenses are also extra. The International Education office has a cost sheet that estimates the overall expenses for each semester. Since students remain registered at Penn State while enrolled in this program, the standard forms of financial aid continue as normal. The International Education office coordinates closely with the Office of Student Aid to help needy students obtain funds to cover the additional costs associated with study abroad. They must have achieved a GPA of 3.0, be enrolled as full-time students in any major in the College of the Liberal Arts at University Park, and have been accepted to participate in the Athens Education Abroad Program in the academic year in which the award is presented.