Financing Your Medical Education

Early management of educational loans and finance has significant long-term benefits. Your school's financial aid office is the best starting place for resources, help with applications, information on financial aid and other funding options, and financial aid awarding policies and procedures.

AAMC Resources

Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR): A guide to premedical preparation, application procedures, admission requirements, financial aid programs and estimated expenses for U.S. and Canadian medical schools.

FIRST for Medical Education offers a full range of resources, services, and tools for applicants, medical school students, residents, advisors, and financial aid officers. Our goal is to help medical school borrowers expand their financial literacy, make smart decisions about student loans, and manage their student debt wisely.

Loan Consolidation Primer: A primer to help borrowers determine if they should pursue loan consolidation.

The Layman's Guide to Education Debt Management: A resource specifically designed to help residents manage their student loans.

Education Debt Manager: This booklet provides step-by-step, common sense strategies for managing debt.

Other Resources

Loan Repayment/Forgiveness Scholarship Programs
State and federal repayment programs, and loan and scholarship programs available to allopathic medicine and other health professions students

National Medical Fellowships
National Medical Fellowships provides need-based scholarships to first and second-year medical students from groups underrepresented in medicine.

Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences
Students attending USU's F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine enter the university as commissioned officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force or Public Health Service. Medical students pay no tuition or fees in exchange for a seven-year active duty service commitment.