Required Financial Aid Data
U.S. Citizens
The School of Art requires two financial aid application forms and income information:
1. The Free Application for Federal Student Assistance (FAFSA). An applicant must complete FAFSA online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. The Yale University School of Art FAFSA Code is 001426. If you have any technical questions about the FAFSA application, please call 800.433.3243.
2. The Need Access application. The Need Access application is online at www.needaccess. org. Applicants should complete their data by the end of February. If you have any technical questions about the Need Access application, please call 800.282.1550.
3. Federal Tax Return/Income Information. Submit a signed copy of the 2009 federal tax return with W-2s and schedules for the prospective student and both parents regardless of the age or dependency of the student. All 2009 tax data must be received at the School by April 1, 2010. For those who have not completed their tax forms by that date, a signed draft and photocopies of all W-2s and other attachments required by the IRS may be submitted until a final version is available.
Tax information from applicants and all parents, regardless of age or dependency of the applicant, is required in order to complete the forms and to make awards. Applicants twenty-five or younger must have each of their parents complete the parental section of the Need Access application. Any delay in filing beyond the end of February may affect the receipt of the processed applications by the School; applications received after April 1 will be considered late and therefore may not be eligible for the scholarship component of the award.
International Applicants
International students seeking financial aid are required to submit two forms:
1. The International Student Financial Aid Certification, which is available online here.
2. The International Student Financial Aid Application, which is available online here.
The School can e-mail these forms to you if you have trouble with the links. They must be returned directly to the Office of Financial Affairs, Yale School of Art, PO Box 208339, New Haven CT 06520-8339, by April 1, 2010. This is the deadline for any applicants seeking financial assistance from the School of Art. The parents and spouses of all international applicants must complete and sign both forms and submit all required bank and tax data regardless of the applicant’s age.
Funds are not available to international students under the federally subsidized loan and job programs. Although some scholarship money may be available, the School cannot provide awards to assist its high-need international students to the full extent of their academic year expenses. International students may apply for private loans.
The Andrea Frank Foundation Sanyu Scholarship Fund was established in June 1998 to provide support to students who are residents of, or who have immigrated to the United States from, mainland China or Taiwan and are matriculating in the Yale University School of Art Master of Fine Arts degree program. An award from this endowed fund—the amount to be determined by available resources in a given year—may be granted to eligible students who have applied for financial aid and who demonstrate financial need.
All Financial Aid Applicants
School of Art awards are based on financial need and the School’s resources; it is for this reason that students are urged to plan their finances for each year with the utmost care. Acceptees should be prepared to cover their anticipated need at the start of the program. The School cannot guarantee additional help once the financial aid award is determined.
A typical single student budget for the nine-month 2009–2010 academic year follows:
$53,000 comprising
— $29,500 Tuition
— $15,000 Living expenses
— $1,800 Required hospitalization insurance
— $6,000 Books, art supplies, and academic fees
—$700 Travel
