Financing Dental Education
Can I afford to attend dental school?
- Your future income creates opportunity now
- Investment in dental education has career dividends
- Nearly all dental students qualify for some kind of financial assistance
- Financial aid for dental students is different than undergraduate
- Dental schools have expert financial aid officers to assist dental students
- Become well informed about financial aid and manage your resources responsibly
- Money is available to help finance your dental education as you go
- Achieving and Keeping good credit is vital
Negotiating the Financial Aid System
- How to begin the financial aid application process
- Determining how much money you need
- How to apply
- How financial aid is awarded
- Professional judgment/exceptions
- Types of financial aid
- Repaying student loans
Borrower responsibilities- Repaying loans
- Loan repayment options
- Grace periods
- Deferments
- Consolidation
- Loan repayment/forgiveness programs
- Repaying loans