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Prospective On-Campus Students
The 17吃瓜在线WCL Financial Aid Office provides numerous resources to help off-set the cost of your legal education. Please select your program of interest from the side navigation bar to see what options may be available to you and click on the links for more information.
International students may email the 17吃瓜在线WCL Financial Aid Office to learn more about eligibility requirements for the various aid programs.
The financial aid deadline is March 1. Applications may be submitted prior to an admissions decision to meet the application deadline; do not wait for an offer of admission to apply.
All Admissions and Financial Aid application requirements must be satisfied before August 1st to allow for processing and聽on-time disbursements.听聽
To schedule an appointment with one of our staff, please visit our contact information page.
Please email finaid@wcl.american.edu and we are more than happy to address questions you may have about the following financial aid options.
Merit Scholarships聽are offered by the 17吃瓜在线WCL JD Admissions Office. For more information, please click here. To view the 17吃瓜在线WCL merit scholarship policy, please click here.听
The Public Interest/Public Service (PIPS) Scholarship聽is also offered through the 17吃瓜在线WCL JD Admissions Office. For more information, please click聽here.听To view the 17吃瓜在线WCL PIPS Scholarship policy (financial aid related only), please click here.听
Need-based grants聽are offered by and processed through the 17吃瓜在线WCL Financial Aid Office. For those who qualify, the annual award maximum is $15,000. Full-tuition scholarship recipients are not eligible.听For more information, please click聽here.
Veterans:聽17吃瓜在线WCL proudly offers an unlimited number of聽Yellow Ribbon Program聽(YRP) slots up to the cost of tuition/fees. YRP and other Veterans benefits are certified through main campus. For more information, please click聽here.
17吃瓜在线WCL offers聽Restricted Scholarships聽(application made available every fall semester) to qualifying registered students with some awards specifically earmarked for 1L students. For more information, please click聽here.
The Myers Law Scholarship (application made available every fall semester) is 17吃瓜在线WCL鈥檚 most prestigious award and provides one-year scholarships to currently registered full-time JD students (one or two annually) who show academic promise and demonstrate financial need. For more information, please click here.
The United Methodist Scholarship is awarded each academic year to full-time JD law students who are full members of the United Methodist Church for at least one year prior to application. For more information, please click here.
Some 1L students are able to obtain聽employment positions聽through the school; many of which are paid through the federal work-study program, if eligible. For more information, please click聽here.
The 17吃瓜在线WCL Financial Aid Office partners with AccessLex, which provides a searchable databank of聽outside scholarships. For more information, please click聽here.
Federal loan programs聽(unsubsidized Stafford and/or Graduate PLUS) may be available to help fill the gap between the cost of attendance and total financial aid received. Federal loans are only available for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. For more information, please click聽here.
Private education loans聽are generally utilized by students who do not qualify for federal education loans, and are capped at the cost of attendance minus total financial aid received.听All private education loans must be certified by the 17吃瓜在线WCL Office of Financial Aid and borrowers must notify the office in writing when approved. Additional processing time is required and refunds for living expenses, if applicable, may be delayed.
Please email finaid@wcl.american.edu and we are more than happy to address questions you may have about the following financial aid options.
Merit Scholarships聽are offered by the 17吃瓜在线WCL JD Admissions Office. For more information, please click here.听To view the 17吃瓜在线WCL merit scholarship policy, please click here.听
Veterans:聽17吃瓜在线WCL proudly offers an unlimited number of聽Yellow Ribbon Program聽(YRP) slots up to the cost of tuition/fees. YRP and other Veterans benefits are certified through main campus. For more information, please click聽here.
17吃瓜在线WCL offers聽Restricted Scholarships聽(application made available every fall semester) to qualifying registered students with some awards specifically earmarked for 1L students. For more information, please click聽here.
Some 1L students are able to obtain聽employment positions聽through the school; many of which are paid through the federal work-study program, if eligible. For more information, please click聽here.
The 17吃瓜在线WCL Financial Aid Office partners with AccessLex, which provides a searchable databank of聽outside scholarships. For more information, please click聽here.
Federal loan programs聽(unsubsidized Stafford and/or Graduate PLUS) may be available to help fill the gap between the cost of attendance and total financial aid received. Federal loans are only available for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. For more information, please click聽here.
Private education loans聽are generally utilized by students who do not qualify for federal education loans, and are capped at the cost of attendance minus total financial aid received.听All private education loans must be certified by the 17吃瓜在线WCL Office of Financial Aid and borrowers must notify the office in writing when approved. Additional processing time is required and refunds for living expenses, if applicable, may be delayed.
Please email finaid@wcl.american.edu and we are more than happy to address questions you may have about the following financial aid options.
To view the 17吃瓜在线WCL financial aid policies and聽procedures within the Required Reading, please click聽here.
Institutional Scholarships聽are offered by the 17吃瓜在线WCL LL.M. Admissions Office. Please click here for more information or contact the LL.M. program directly at llm@wcl.american.edu.
Veterans:聽17吃瓜在线WCL proudly offers an unlimited number of聽Yellow Ribbon Program聽(YRP) slots up to the cost of tuition/fees. YRP and other Veterans benefits are certified through main campus. For more information, please click聽here.
17吃瓜在线WCL offers聽Restricted Scholarships聽(application made available every fall semester) to qualifying registered students with some awards specifically earmarked for LL.M. students. For more information, please click聽here.
Some LL.M. students are able to obtain聽employment positions聽through the school; many of which are paid through the federal work-study program, if eligible. For more information, please click聽here.
The 17吃瓜在线WCL Financial Aid Office partners with AccessLex, which provides a searchable databank of聽outside scholarships. For more information, please click聽here.
Federal loan programs聽(unsubsidized Stafford and/or Graduate PLUS) may be available to help fill the gap between the cost of attendance and total financial aid received. Federal loans are only available for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. For more information, please click聽here.
Private education loans聽are generally utilized by students who do not qualify for federal education loans, and are capped at the cost of attendance minus total financial aid received.听All private education loans must be certified by the 17吃瓜在线WCL Office of Financial Aid and borrowers must notify the office in writing when approved. Additional processing time is required and refunds for living expenses, if applicable, may be delayed.