The following costs are estimates and may vary from actual charges:
Before paying your deposit and study abroad fee, contact the Bursar’s Office at (478) 301-1111 to check your account balance and pay anything that is past due. Otherwise, your Mercer On Mission deposit will be applied to your account balance first.
Your deposit and study abroad fee must be coded for “Mercer On Mission” by the Bursar’s Office before it is marked as paid. Call the Bursar’s Office to verify proper coding.
Follow these steps to pay the deposit and study abroad fee online:
All financial aid packages are structured differently, so students need to contact the Student Financial Planning office to discuss their particular financial aid packages and determine if they are applicable to Mercer On Mission. In many cases, federal and state aid, the HOPE Scholarship, Pell Grants and 529 savings plans can be used for Mercer On Mission, but these details need to be verified with a financial aid advisor.
Click here for information on types of aid available for summer at Mercer.
Mercer students can use funding from the Gilman Scholarship and the Fund for Education Abroad Scholarship to help cover the costs of Mercer On Mission programs.
The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad. To be eligible, applicants must be receiving a federal Pell Grant during the time of application or provide proof that they will be receiving a Pell Grant, and they must be a U.S. citizen during the term of their study abroad program or internship. Gilman Scholarship funding may be combined with other federal and state assistance. Students can apply for the scholarship up to a year before the program travel dates, and application deadlines are the first Thursday of March and the first Thursday of October. To apply, contact Emily Dunn in the Office of Global Engagement at dunn_ea@mercer.edu.
The Fund for Education Abroad Scholarship strives to make international experiences accessible for underrepresented students, including students of color and first-generation college students. Undergraduate students who are U.S citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply. Funding from this scholarship can go toward fees for any Mercer study abroad program and may combined with other federal and state assistance. Students can apply up to six months before the program travel dates. For more information or to apply, contact the Office of Global Engagement at studyabroad@mercer.edu.