The home school tuition policy enables study abroad to be integrated into students' four-year academic plans of study and ensures equal access to all students regardless of socioeconomic background. This system encourages students to choose programs based on their academic needs rather than their financial needs, and reflects the belief that all students, including those receiving financial aid, should have the opportunity to study abroad. Students can apply their financial aid awards, including full grant aid, toward their program abroad.
Students will note that certain programs "cost less" than Haverford, and may wonder where the "extra money" goes when they are billed for Haverford tuition. Part of the cost of all approved study abroad is the academic and administrative support that assists students in making choices, applying to programs, getting credits approved, managing issues and problems abroad, liaising with program providers and overseeing the quality of the programs to which we send our students. Some programs, mostly due to location, cost more than others. The Haverford-tuition model allows us to achieve these goals of equity and maximum student choice.
Benefits of this plan:
- Students studying on approved programs abroad have access to the resources of the college while they are abroad.
- Courses taken while abroad on approved programs count toward major, minor, and/or concentration requirements whether they are majoring at Haverford or Bryn Mawr College.
- Students can also fulfill all distribution requirements and the language requirement abroad on some programs. Provided students receive a grade of C (2.0) or above, all credits are recorded on the Haverford transcript.
- The Office of International Academic Programs approves all elective credits for the students so they know in advance whether the courses are acceptable for transfer credit.
- The Office of International Academic Programs can directly admit students to many of Haverford's affiliated programs so students need only apply to one program.
- All programs on the list are approved by the Educational Policy Committee of the College and monitored by the Office of International Academic Programs.
- Our approved programs are reviewed on-site by members of the faculty and the Office of International Academic Programs. Programs are added and deleted based on these faculty recommendations as well as the student program evaluations.