Comments on: Is there financial aid available to do medical transcription from an online school? http://www.medicaltranscriptionisttraininginfo.org/blog/is-there-financial-aid-available-to-do-medical-transcription-from-an-online-school-3/ Information for Making Medical Transcription Your Career! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: FinAidGrrl http://www.medicaltranscriptionisttraininginfo.org/blog/is-there-financial-aid-available-to-do-medical-transcription-from-an-online-school-3/comment-page-1/#comment-250 FinAidGrrl Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:40:28 +0000 http://www.medicaltranscriptionisttraininginfo.org/blog/is-there-financial-aid-available-to-do-medical-transcription-from-an-online-school-3/#comment-250 It depends on the school. Financial Aid can get a little complicated with online schools, but there are plenty that are authorized to offer a variety of Federal and State financial aid programs. Of course, other schools aren't. Generally, when a school DOES offer financial aid, they will say so. If getting Financial Aid is really important to you, consider "shopping around" for an online college until you find one that definitely offers financial aid. Make sure you give them a call to find out how to qualify (i.e. if you have to take a certain number of classes, etc.). If the school you want to attend isn't eligible to offer federal financial aid, you might still be able to borrow a private loan to cover your cost of attendance. What you need to look for is a "career" loan. Try any of these: Sallie Mae: http://www.salliemae.com/apply/borrowing/career_training.html Student Loan Xpress: http://www.careerxpressloan.com/ Wells Fargo: https://www.wellsfargo.com/wf/student/loans/undergrad/career It depends on the school. Financial Aid can get a little complicated with online schools, but there are plenty that are authorized to offer a variety of Federal and State financial aid programs. Of course, other schools aren’t. Generally, when a school DOES offer financial aid, they will say so. If getting Financial Aid is really important to you, consider "shopping around" for an online college until you find one that definitely offers financial aid. Make sure you give them a call to find out how to qualify (i.e. if you have to take a certain number of classes, etc.).

If the school you want to attend isn’t eligible to offer federal financial aid, you might still be able to borrow a private loan to cover your cost of attendance. What you need to look for is a "career" loan. Try any of these:

Sallie Mae: http://www.salliemae.com/apply/borrowing/career_training.html
Student Loan Xpress: http://www.careerxpressloan.com/
Wells Fargo: https://www.wellsfargo.com/wf/student/loans/undergrad/career

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