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Latest Stories About Financial Aid
Oxford’s Saïd Business School, Zamir Telecom Establish New Scholarship for Tech Sector Students in Emerging Economies
Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford earlier this month announced the creation of a new scholarship to help support MBA students from the technology sector, made possible thanks to a generous gift from a global telecommunications firm. Zamir Telecom will give Saïd £15,000 (approximately $24,500) per year for three... Read more »
Columbia Business School, Morgan Stanley Launch Sustainable Investing Fellowship
Columbia Business School (CBS), together with investment bank Morgan Stanley, has launched a new fellowship designed to help develop the next generation of leaders in sustainable investing, the school announced earlier this month. The new Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Fellowship will give a select group of CBS students the opportunity... Read more »
UT’s McCombs School of Business Establishes New Entrepreneurship Scholarships
The McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, together with the Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs (TVL), has created two new scholarships for MBA students interested in entrepreneurship. The TVL Scholarship is a competitive scholarship that will be awarded each February. The new scholarships are worth... Read more »
$10 Million Alumni Gift Creates New Scholarship Program for College Seniors at NYU’s Stern School of Business
New York University (NYU)’s Stern School of Business has received a $10 million gift from an alumnus to establish a new scholarship program supporting exceptional college seniors seeking to pursue their MBA at Stern directly following graduation. William R. Berkley, chairman of the NYU Stern Board of Overseers and vice... Read more »
Wharton Start-Up Expands to Lend to MBA Students at 20 Top Schools
A company launched last fall by students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School experienced success in its pilot phase, during which it served as a lender to Wharton MBA students and recent graduates, and so this fall will launch nationally to lend to MBA students at 20 top MBA... Read more »
U.S. News Ranks 10 Full-Time MBA Programs That Lead to Highest Student Debt
As part of its Short List series, U.S. News & World Report today took a closer look at the student debt load incurred by full-time MBA students graduating from top business school programs. According to data provided by schools as part of its annual ranking, U.S. News found that full-time... Read more »
Top Business Schools Help Students Who Head into Lower Paying Fields
Taking on debt to finance an MBA program only to take a job at a low-paying nonprofit organization after business school doesn’t add up to graduates being able to repay their loans. Fortunately, many top business schools have created programs to help ease the financial burden for those who go... Read more »
Clear Admit Publishes New Financial Aid Guide for MBA Applicants
We are excited to announce the release of Financing the MBA, the latest Clear Admit Strategy Guide to hit the digital shelves! This new, 35-page guide contains up-to-date details on expenses and financial aid opportunities for leading MBA programs, an indispensable tool when planning your approach to the 2013-2014 admissions... Read more »
Stanford Graduate School of Business Announces New Africa MBA Fellowship Program
Citizens of African countries who are admitted to the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) MBA program and can demonstrate financial need are now eligible for a new $140,000 fellowship, the school announced earlier this month. The Stanford Africa MBA Fellowship Program is part of an effort by the school... Read more »
Alternative Lenders Could Offer New Options for Foreign Students at U.S. Business Schools
Private student lending shrank sharply during the financial crisis, and though traditional lenders have cautiously returned to making loans to U.S. citizens, non-Americans looking to attend business school in the United States often are hard-pressed to find financing options that don’t require a U.S. co-signer. But according to a recent... Read more »
Boston Consulting Group MBA Diversity Scholarship Deadline Approaches, April 21st
As part of a commitment to attracting talent from different backgrounds and ethnicities, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) features an MBA Diversity Scholars program, which awards outstanding minority MBA applicants with funds to support their graduate management education as well as a summer internship at BCG between their first and second... Read more »
