Financial Aid
Marlboro College Graduate Center is dedicated to helping you to accomplish all you need to earn your technology degree. There are many opportunities to finance your education. The federal government provides grants for undergraduates and low-interest loans for graduate study. For your convenience, Marlboro College has partnered with the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), which offers low-interest loans through banks, credit unions, schools, and other lenders.
Begin to invest in yourself by following these three easy steps:
1. Complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) - online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. (Marlboro College Graduate Center's school code is 003690).
2. Complete a Federal Stafford Student Loan counseling online form (required by all student borrowers) at http://mapping-your-future.org/.
3. Complete a Vermont Student Assistance Corp (VSAC) application. Once we've determined your award, VSAC will send you a loan application, which you need to fill out and return to them. If you do not want to use VSAC as your lender, please contact the financial aid office for other options.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact
Cathy Fuller
Associate Director of Financial Aid
802-258-9237
cfuller@marlboro.edu
GC Foundation Awards
Marlboro College Graduate Center is proud to serve the educational needs of working adults. Toward that end, the Graduate Center developed a curriculum and schedule that allows highly motivated students to complete their entire master's degree within 11 months. At the same time, the center realizes that such an accelerated program brings exceptional demands to students pursuing this option - both academic and financial burdens. Students who exhibit this level of dedication demonstrate a desire and capacity to excel, and Marlboro College Graduate Center 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 third trimester bill.
To be eligible to receive a Foundation Award, a student must
• Enroll at the Graduate Center as a full-time student in good academic standing, maintain satisfactory academic progress for three consecutive trimesters, and complete all graduation requirements for an MS or MA degree by the end of the third trimester.
• Register for sufficient and appropriate credits in the third trimester so that by the end of that third trimester all the graduation requirements for a master's degree will be complete.
• Apply in writing for the award prior to the start of the fall trimester, explaining how they will adapt their life have the support to be able to complete the strenuous program within a year.
• Submit a timely Capstone proposal during the second trimester and secure a satisfactory sponsorship letter and the approval of the Director of Academic Programs before the start of the third trimester.
• Maintain good financial standing with the college during the three trimesters, and have no outstanding balance on their student account at the start of the third trimester.
If you are interested in applying for this award, please contact our admissions office at 258-9209 or at jheslin@gradcenter.marlboro.edu.
Additional resources
Mapping your Future; www.mapping-your-future.org is a collaborative national public-service project of the financial aid industry, bringing together the expertise of the field to provide free college, career, financial aid, and financial literacy services for students, families, and schools.
VSAC - Vermont Student Assistance Corp.; http://services.vsac.org/ilwwcm/connect/VSAC
The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation was created in 1965 as a public nonprofit agency to help Vermonters who want to go to college or pursue other training after high school. It provides grants, loans, scholarships, career and education planning, and general information about how you, or others in your family, can get the education you want.
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