External Resources
There are a number of opportunities offered by different private, public, and non-for-profit organizations to finance your education. These may be available in the form of fellowships, scholarships, and loans, among others.
The following is not a comprehensive list; therefore, we encourage candidates to research other sources of information.
| Resource | Type of Resource | Eligibility | Description |
| USC International Students Services | Fellowships/
Scholarship/
Loans | International Students | International students should visit International Students Services for additional information concerning funding opportunities. |
| Access Group No-Fee Student Loans | Loans | U.S. citizens and eligible non-U.S. citizens | Federal Stafford Loans for graduate and professional students. Loans for U.S. citizens and eligible non-citizens. For additional information go online to www.accessgroup.org or call 800.282.1550. |
| Graduate Incentive Recruiting Scholarships | Fellowship | African-American graduate students | This fellowship is to financially help African-American graduate students to attend the University of South Carolina. For additional information, view or download the Graduate Incentive Fellowship Program PDF. |
| Fulbright | Fellowship/Grants | International Students | The Fulbright Foreign Student Program brings citizens of other countries to the United States for Master’s degree or Ph.D. For more information visit the Fulbright website. |
| The Leadership Fellowship Program for Latin America and the Caribbean | Fellowships and Loans | Latin American and Caribbean International Students | LASPAU administers scholarship and loan programs for a wide variety of sponsoring agencies. For more information visit LASPAU and refer to Grant Opportunities |
| The Leo S. Rowe Pan American Fund | Loans | Latin American and Caribbean International Students | The Leo S. Rowe Pan American Fund grants interest-free educational loans to outstanding students, from Latin American and Caribbean OAS member countries, to help them finance their higher education studies in the United States. For more information visit OAS. |
| Instituto Chileno Norteamericano de Cultura | Information regarding Scholarships & Loans opportunities | International students from Chile and other Latin American countries | This organization provides a list of resources avaible in Chile and other Latin American countries to access information regarding scholarships and loans. For more information visit Instituto Chileno Nortemericano de Cultura. |
| Colfuturo | Loans | International students from Colombia | Colfuturo is a non-profit organization with an endowment of more than $15 million donated by a group of private and public Colombian institutions. The main purpose of Colfuturo is to assist Colombian students wishing to enroll in a graduate program anywhere in the world. For more information visit Colfuturo. |