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What Scholarships Does the CIA Offer? What is Financial Aid? • It’s any grant, scholarship, loan, or paid employment offered to help you meet your college expenses. Grants and scholarships do not need to be paid back. • Sources include federal and state governments, the CIA, foundations, corporations, individuals, and lenders.
What’s the FAFSA? How Do I Get Aid? • The FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal
• The CIA offers a variety of student
• If you’ve taken the SAT and/or ACT,
scholarships—we awarded more than
we strongly recommend that you
$28 million in 2017–2018 alone!
submit your scores when you apply
• You’ll automatically be reviewed for merit-based scholarships upon acceptance to the CIA in New York
TO YOU
for admission, as they may help you
Our skilled advisors will work with you throughout the process and make
qualify for a scholarship.
every effort to help you meet your education expenses. Our goal is to get • Know a CIA graduate? Ask them to
you here, because we know that when you graduate with a CIA degree,
or California. Texas students must
write a letter encouraging you to
complete additional application
earn a degree from the CIA. Submit it
materials. Learn more about all
with your application for admission,
Tuition, Scholarships, and Financial Aid
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and you’ll receive an Alumni Referral
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Scholarship for your first year.
you’ll be convinced it was worth every penny!
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How Much Does the CIA Cost?
the FAFSA is used to calculate your family’s
Our exclusive scholarship site, $hef, offers more than 200 scholarship
2019–2020 tuition and fees, for the full
For complete tuition and
expected contribution for the academic year,
opportunities for admitted and enrolled students. Scholarships
year (two semesters) at the New York
fee information, go to
which helps determine financial aid awards.
awarded through $hef will be added to your aid package. You can
or California campus:
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• Start by applying for admission to the CIA. Then, file your FAFSA at fafsa.gov or via the
apply for these funds throughout the year—and even check them out now! Visit ciachef.academicworks.com.
myStudentAid app. The CIA’s Federal School Code is 007304.
Summer 2020, use the 2019–2020 FAFSA; if you plan to start in Fall 2020, use the
• Merit-based aid is based on
2020–2021 FAFSA. • The CIA may ask you for additional documentation, such as copies of IRS federal tax transcripts. You should definitely file the FAFSA— don’t assume you won’t qualify for aid!
Board................................. $3,200–$3,800
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Note that costs may change for 2020–2021.
General fee..................... $1,580
What’s Merit- vs. Need-Based Aid?
• If you plan to start at the CIA in Spring or
Tuition............................... $31,080
$hef Scholarship Database
your achievements and/or academic record. • Need-based aid is based on financial need as determined by the FAFSA.
Residence hall rates.... $6,940–$10,200
How Much Will I Pay? • You may be surprised to learn that
financial aid package received by CIA
the “sticker price” of a CIA education
students was $21,159. Some students
may be very different from what you
qualified for more, and others less.
actually pay after you subtract the amount of financial aid you receive. • Just to give you a rough idea of the difference: in 2017–2018, the average
• Your aid package is specific to you— its size and makeup is determined by your financial need, merit rating, and the availability of funds.
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