Scholarships & Financial Aid

Internal Options

Biola offers a number of financial aid opportunities for international students. Undergraduate students, visit International Student Scholarships & Aid for further details on the following:

• Academic Scholarship: Freshman Students
• Academic Scholarship: Transfer Students
• Alumni Dependent Scholarships
• Church Matching Scholarship
• Departmental Scholarships
• International Student Aid Grant
  

Graduate students, visit Graduate Scholarships & Aid to find more graduate-program specific scholarships and aid.

External Options

Start with at least three hours perusing all possible scholarship databases. Make notes and register yourself on all sites. Then spend half an hour EVERY week checking up on new options for your field of study.

• Sarang Scholarship
  Check out the Kingdom Dreamer Scholarship from Sa-Rang Community Church in Anaheim
• Fast Web
  Possibly the best database available. Updated most frequently. Some applications can be completed online.
• Foreign Born
  Provides tips and links specifically for foreign students.
• IEFA
  Search by field of study. Easy to locate possible scholarships without having to supply any personal information.
• EduPass
  Uses fastweb's search engine, but it does have links to orientation information that may be helpful.
• IIE
  Does not have very many scholarship offers. Focus is more on student exchange programs. Nevertheless worth checking into once in a while.
• Evangelical Theological Society
  This is a scholarship for participation in the Evangelical Theological Society; it is for graduate students.
• Rotary International
  Get connected to a local Rotary club to see what kind of scholarships they offer.

Research Options from Your Country of Citizenship

• Contact embassies and government officials
• Get on as many email lists as you can — who knows when they will announce scholarship options!