Financial Aid
Marlboro College Graduate School is dedicated to helping you earn your degree. The federal government offers loans for graduate study. Beginning with fall 2010, Marlboro College will offer low-interest rate loans through the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.
What should I do and when?
- You should complete a FAFSA as soon as possible. The FAFSA is required to determine if you are eligible for financial aid.
- You should log onto www.studentloans.gov to apply for your federal Stafford loan(s). You will need your PIN from the FAFSA to log in.
- You should also complete your entrance counseling while logged in at www.studentloans.gov. This is a federal requirement when borrowing federal Stafford loan(s).
- You should register online for your courses as soon as the site becomes available. In order to determine how much aid you may be eligible for we must know how many credits you will be taking.
- If you have any questions, contact the Financial Aid office at (802) 258-9312 or finaid@marlboro.edu.
Graduate and BSMIS students new to the Graduate School can begin the financial aid process by completing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online. Marlboro College Graduate School's school code is 003690.
How will I know if I am financial aid eligible?
Once you have registered online for your courses and they have been approved for your program of study, the financial aid office will determine if we have received your FAFSA. If we have, we will calculate a financial aid award and will mail you an award letter. Your award letter will provide instruction on other things such as completing loan reply forms (if you are borrowing loans), details about declining aid, entrance counseling and federal verification among other things.
How often will I need to fill out a FAFSA?
The short answer is August 1st. Your financial aid award will be split over the number of trimesters in your award year. A financial aid award year begins with the fall trimester and includes the winter and spring trimesters of the following calendar year. Example: fall 2009, winter 2010, spring 2010 makes one full financial aid award year. After your first trimester you will need a new FAFSA by August 1st for every fall trimester that you plan to enroll for classes.
Veterans Benefit Policy
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Kathy Urffer in the Registrar's Office at 802-258-9206 or via e-mail.
Foundation Awards
Marlboro College Graduate School is proud to serve the educational needs of working adults. Toward that end, the Graduate School developed a curriculum and schedule that allows highly motivated students to complete our Master's Degrees within 11 months, the MBA in Managing for Sustainability in 24 months, and the Bachelor of Science in Managing Information in 24 months. At the same time, the center realizes that such an accelerated program brings exceptional demands to students - both academic and financial. Students who exhibit this level of dedication demonstrate a desire and capacity to excel, and Marlboro College Graduate School believes they should be rewarded. It is in that spirit that the GC Foundation Award has been created. This award provides a $1,000 reduction in tuition, which is applied to the final trimester bill.
To be eligible to receive a Foundation Award, a student must:
- Enroll at the Graduate School as a full-time student
- Maintain satisfactory academic progress for all trimesters
- Complete their program in a one-year period (MAT, MSIT), two-years (MBA), or by maintaining 12 credits a trimester for however long that takes to complete the BSMIS program.
- Register for sufficient and appropriate credits in the final trimester so that by the end of that trimester all graduation requirements will be complete
- Apply in writing for the award prior to the start of the first trimester explaining how he or she will make life adaptations to be able to complete the strenuous program within the allotted time.
- Maintain good financial standing with the college during all trimesters and have no outstanding balance at the start of the final trimester.
To apply for this award, please contact our admissions office at 258-9209 or at jheslin@gradschool.marlboro.edu.
Note - This scholarship does not apply to the MSM Health Care program.
Additional resources
- Federal Student Aid PIN website
- Federal Student Aid website
- Student Aid website
- Apply for scholarships
Important information for Direct Loans
Forms
Borrowing loans require that you select your lender. The following forms correspond to the types of educational loans in which graduate and/or undergraduate students can apply for.
- Private Loan Self Certification form (pdf)
- Dependent Verification Worksheet (pdf)
- Independent Verification Worksheet (pdf)
- Graduate Alternative or Private Loan Processing Form (pdf)
- Graduate PLUS Processing Form (pdf)
- PLUS Processing Form for BSMIS Studentst (pdf)
- Alternative or Private Loan Processing Form for BSMIS Students (pdf)
