Applicants to the LL.M. and J.S.D. programs who are interested in grant assistance should note that the Financial Aid Office does not review LL.M. and J.S.D. students for grant assistance.
- The Financial Aid Office reviews grant applications for J.D. students only, and the Office of Graduate Degree Programs reviews grant applications for LL.M. and J.S.D. candidates.
- However, the Financial Aid Office certifies educational loan applications for all Columbia Law School students, so this page may still be a useful reference for Graduate Degree Program students needing educational loans to finance their cost of attendance.
U.S. citizens and eligible noncitizens may be eligible for federal loans (Direct Unsubsidized, Direct Graduate PLUS), as well as for funding from private educational loan programs.
Please refer to the Law School’s Loans and Credit webpage and the Columbia University Student Financial Services Website for more information.
International students (not U.S. citizens and not eligible noncitizens) are not eligible for federally guaranteed assistance programs. In addition, they need to provide a U.S. cosigner in order to apply for most private educational loan programs.
Please refer to the Law School’s Loans and Credit Webpage and the Columbia University Student Financial Services Website for additional information. We strongly advise all international students seeking educational loans to secure an eligible cosigner as early as possible.
Based solely upon historical borrowing data over the past two academic years, some international students may have been able to secure alternative private loans without a U.S. co-signer from the financial institutions listed on the Student Financial Services (SFS) Website.