Financing Options for Graduate Students
At Clark University, we realize that preferences and needs for additional resources for financing your education are as individual as each student.
We encourage you to consider ways to pay for educational costs that best fit their needs. Below are some suggestions you can review to determine what fits your personal financial situation.
Billing, Payment Plans, and Due Dates
Please click here for more information on billing, payment plans, and due dates.
Loan Options
We recommend that you borrow for the cost of the entire academic year, not one semester as a time. Loans should be secured no later than one week prior to the billing due date to allowing time for processing and avoid late fees, interest charges and cancelled registrations. Private student loan certification will begin in June.
Please click here to access the Graduate Loan Comparison Tool for Students.
The Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan is a federal loan that may be borrowed in addition to the Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. The lender is the federal government. The interest rate and origination fee is reset each July 1st for the upcoming academic year. Apply online here. During the 2022-2023 academic year, 10 Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loans were borrowed with an average loan of $15,531.
Office of Financial Assistance
Clark University
Office of Financial Assistance
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610
1-508-793-7478
1-508-793-8802(Fax)
Monday – Friday
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.