25% off tuition International Student Scholarship eligibility requirements

You must meet Strayer University admission requirements.

  • You are a new or re-admit student registering for the summer or fall 2024 quarter in a Strayer University degree program. 
    • Certificate programs, the Jack Welch Management Institute (JWMI) program, Devmountain and Hackbright programs, Degrees@Work programs, and VerizonOnsite programs are ineligible for this scholarship
    • You are not a U.S. citizen. If you become a U.S. Citizen, as defined by the United States law and regulations, while enrolled at Strayer, you will forfeit the scholarship. 
    • You are required to notify Strayer University if your citizenship status changes. 
    • You agree to submit a written essay as a requirement of your scholarship application, which shall be evaluated by the Strayer University Admissions Office to determine your scholarship eligibility.
  • For all recipients of this scholarship who are located within the United States of America or its territories pursuant to a valid student visa or who are enrolled fully-online from their home countries with no pending application for a student visa:
    • You understand and agree that once eligibility for the scholarship is confirmed, the scholarship will be applied to your account in an amount equal to 25% of your tuition costs for the quarter during each eligible quarter of enrollment.
    • You understand and agree that this scholarship applies to tuition only. All other fees, including technology fee, final academic requirement fee, books, course materials, and non-obligatory fees must be paid by a separate method of payment.
  • For all international, non-U.S. citizen students studying from outside the United States with a pending application for a student visa:
    • You must provide proof of a pending visa application.
    • You must provide proof of current residency in a non-U.S. country.
    • You understand that this offer applies to tuition for up to two (2) eligible courses per term for the summer or fall 2024 quarters of enrollment. All other fees, including technology fee, final academic requirement fee, books, course materials, and non-obligatory fees must be paid by a separate method of payment.
    • Once eligibility is confirmed, for each eligible course, up to two (2) courses per quarter, a credit shall be applied to your account in an amount sufficient to reduce the tuition balance for each course to $500.00 during the summer 2024 and/or fall 2024 quarter of enrollment up to a total of four (4) courses.
    • The discount will only apply to tuition and will be applied to your Strayer account once eligibility is confirmed.
    • You may choose to enroll in additional courses. This discount shall only apply to the two courses with the lowest tuition cost in each quarter and all other courses shall be billed at standard tuition rates. Additionally, once you have completed the maximum of four (4) qualifying courses, all additional courses will be billed at standard tuition rates as published in the Strayer Catalog.
  • Bachelor’s students only:
    • You understand and agree that the scholarship may be combined with the Graduation Fund if you are enrolled in a bachelor’s program.
    • You understand and agree that the scholarship may be combined with the laptop program if you are enrolled in a bachelor’s program and living in the United States.
  • For all students:
    • You are not a citizen of a country that is on the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control sanction list. (Information about this list can be found here: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-assets-control-sanctions-programs-and-information.) 
    • You understand and agree that this scholarship cannot be combined with other scholarships offered by Strayer or tuition assistance aligned pricing (TAAP) discounts (also known as employer discounts). 
    • You understand and agree that the scholarship may not be combined with corporate alliance/national account discounts.
    • You understand and agree that Strayer does not represent or guarantee that its degree programs are accredited, recognized, or likely to be accredited, recognized, or granted equivalency or validation by any non-U.S. country, non-U.S. educational authority, or any other educational institution. Recognition, equivalency, and validation of Strayer degrees are determined on a country-by-country basis by each country’s educational authorities, and by each individual institution at which you seek equivalency. Strayer international students are advised to independently review the degree recognition, equivalency, and validation procedures with the relevant organizations in their country and any other institution the student may consider attending to determine if Strayer credits/degrees would be recognized.
    • You understand and agree that if you are moving to the United States then you must meet all international admission requirements as outlined in the Strayer catalog and must comply with all applicable laws and regulations as part of your resident status in the United States. You also agree to review and consult, if necessary, the U.S. State Department’s current rules and regulations at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/usvisas/study/student-visa.html.
    • You represent that neither you, an immediate family member or household member of yours are currently employed by the University, the University’s parent company, or any other subsidiary of the parent company (Strategic Education, Inc.).
    • You understand and agree that you are subject to all academic policies and procedures applicable to Strayer University students, as provided for in the catalog.
    • You agree to maintain good academic standing (GPA 2.0 or greater for undergraduate programs, 2.5 or greater for graduate programs) during the entire time that you are receiving the scholarship. Any quarter following the quarter when you fail to maintain good academic standing, the scholarship will be forfeited until you return to good academic standing.
    • You understand that if you choose to change to an ineligible program, discontinue or withdraw (either voluntarily or involuntarily), you will become ineligible for this scholarship and have all future scholarship disbursements canceled.
    • You understand and agree that if you do not register for or drop all courses during a quarter where the scholarship is disbursed, you forfeit the scholarship for that quarter and will be responsible for all tuition amounts not otherwise covered by financial aid. If you register, but do not remain enrolled through the first two weeks of the quarter or billing session you will forfeit the award for the missed quarter or billing session. The missed quarter will count as an unenrolled quarter for purposes for continued scholarship eligibility. 
    • You understand that if you take three or more consecutive quarters off (unenrolled quarters), you will forfeit the scholarship benefits.
    • You agree that if you are conferred a degree and start your next degree within 3 quarters of graduation, your scholarship will carry over to your next degree if that program is also eligible for this scholarship. 
    • The scholarship may decrease the amount of funding you are eligible to obtain from other sources.
    • You understand and agree that you must read and agree to terms presented in the award agreement prior to the start of the first application of the scholarship funds.
    • The scholarship posting will be reported as “Other Aid” for financial aid purposes to be included in your cost of attendance calculation. 
    • You understand and agree that you may not use the scholarship funds to pay for a repeat course, including repeats due to dropped courses that resulted in a final grade of WF or WP.
    • You understand and agree that this scholarship has no cash value, and under no circumstance will you be eligible for a refund, cash payment or any other compensation for the value of unused scholarship funds and/or disbursements.
    • You understand and agree that if your tuition is billed to an employer or sponsor, the scholarship is applied first to tuition charges and then the sponsor is billed the remaining net tuition amount. 
    • You understand and agree that in all cases, the scholarship is offered at Strayer University’s discretion.