Loan Overview
Selection Process for Recommended Lender List
Loans are available to U.S. and international students. Loans at the GSB come from a variety of sources and must be used for educational purposes. There are both need-based and non-need-based loans. To make the selection process easier, the GSB Financial Aid Office has identified a group of lenders for our recommended lender list. Borrowers are welcome to choose any lender, regardless of whether it appears on our recommended lender list.
The Financial Aid Office will determine which loans to offer you, based on your citizenship status and the information on your financial aid application. Regardless of whether loans are need-based or non-need-based, your total financial aid cannot exceed the cost of attendance.
U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents
U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible to borrow funds from Federal Loan Programs. The government restricts these loans to students who are not in default on any previous loans and to students who do not owe a refund to any federal program. Federal loan program terms are subject to change.
In addition, the GSB has partnered with several lenders to provide private educational loans to Business School students. U.S. citizens and permanent residents must first borrow government funds for which they are eligible before we will lend these alternative funds.
International Students
The Stanford University Graduate School of Business has partnered with the Stanford Federal Credit Union (SFCU) and Citibank to provide private educational loans to international Business School students. There may be other private educational loans for international students. However, many private educational loans do not offer the combination of relatively low interest rates with the possibility of not requiring a US co-signer for the loan.
