Wole Ojurongbe
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Financial Assistance at MALS

Dartmouth College Financial Aid Office helps graduate students with federal loan needs. The MALS program also offers partial-tuition scholarships to be applied to the required nine courses, referred to as MALS Scholarships. 

Overview

If you would like to be considered for financial aid/assistance, please indicate "yes" on your application and follow the instructions there. Information regarding this and a budget overview will be included with the acceptance letters. 

Applying for Assistance

Financial Assistance refers to the MALS scholarship and Financial Aid refers to the loans that will come from the Financial Aid Office. 

To apply please indicate "yes" on your application, this will put you under consideration for the MALS scholarship. Please choose "yes" if you are even considering applying for aid, if you say "no" initially and change your mind, we cannot guarantee any funds will be available. 

 

For domestic students interested in Federal Loans please fill out the FAFSA and Graduate Financial Aid application found on the Financial Aid website. 

For international students looking for additional funding, please see the section on private loans on the Financial Aid website. 

For more information on the financial aid process please click here. 

For information regarding cost of attendance please click here. 

U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents

U.S. citizens and permanent residents may apply for federal student loan programs, in addition to a MALS scholarship. 

For Federal loan consideration please fill out the following: 

For 2025-2026 

  • The Graduate Financial Aid application will be linked when available here. 
  • The FAFSA will be available here on December 1, 2024. The Federal School Code for Dartmouth is 002573. 

For 2026 - 2027 

  • The Graduate Financial Aid application, along with other information about taking Fedarl loans can be found here. 
  • The FAFSA will be available here. The Federal School Code for Dartmouth is 002573. 

International Students

International students may apply for MALS at Dartmouth scholarships, but are not eligible for U.S. Federal Loans. They can apply for private loans, to explore private loan options please visit the Private Educational Loans page on the Financial Aid Office website and select the "Connect to Lender List" at the bottom of the page. Here you will find a comprehensive, three-year list of lenders used by past and current graduate students. MALS scholarships are applied as partial tuition for the required courses only.