Majority of the students at Kent State University receive some kind of financial aid like awards and scholarships for international students to study in the USA.
Freshmen applicants can apply for the international freshmen scholarship, international civic engagement scholarship and others.
International graduate applicants can apply for the graduate assistance.
Students can also visit the Education USA to check more applicable scholarships.

However, international students are not eligible for federal financial aid and grants but can apply for various international scholarships offered by the university. A few of the scholarships offered by KSU are:

Global Scholarship
- Incoming undergraduate student
- No separate scholarship application is required, students will be automatically considered for the scholarship upon admission to the university
- The scholarship application is rolling
- Scholarships Amount- 4,000 USD per year
- Students may receive the scholarship for eight semesters and renewed every year if a student maintains a full-time enrollment at Kent State
#YouAreWelcomeHere Scholarship
- Incoming undergraduate freshmen students for fall semester
- minimum overall GPA of 3.0 on the US 4.0 scale
- Unconditional Admission to the university
- Completion of a scholarship application and a 500-1000 word essay
- Scholarship application deadline is December 15
- Renewable award ranges from 8,000 USD- 9,000 USD per year
International Freshmen Scholarship
- merit-based scholarship with varying amount awarded to the student
- Incoming new freshmen for the fall semester only
- Minimum cumulative Secondary school GPA 3.6 on US 4.0 scale
- 7 ACT Composite, 1260 new SAT or 1210 old SAT Critical Reading & Math
- Unconditional Admission to the university
- No separate scholarship application is required, students will be automatically considered for the scholarship if applied before February 1
- Renewable award, maximum of 20,000 USD per year
Graduate Assistantship
- These include fellowships or one of three types of graduate assistantships: administrative, teaching or research
- the student will receive a tuition waiver and a monthly stipend in return for up to 20 hours of work per week during the academic year
- a full tuition waiver and monthly stipend for a teaching or research fellowship that allows students to focus exclusively on teaching or research rather than departmental duties
- A scholarship that may require external funding or a competition

Students can look for external international scholarships to study in the USA that are awarded by various private agencies and organizations. Another financial aid option for international students can include education loans. Students can contact private banks or private lenders based on the terms and conditions involved.

Work-Study

International students are not eligible for to work off-campus without prior approval
They can apply for various assistantships and other campus jobs
Can work a maximum of 20 hours a week.

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