Program Details

Patti McGill Peterson Center for International and Intercultural Studies

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China Program Costs

Students participating in the China program pay regular St. Lawrence University comprehensive fees. The comprehensive fee covers tuition, room and board, visa, orientation, and program field components.

If you receive financial aid, your normal financial aid is applied. Contact the Financial Aid Office if you would like information about additional loans for extra costs associated with studying on this program.

The fee does not cover:

  • transportation to China. There is an Airfare Assistance form included in the acceptance packet for the flight from JFK to Shanghai.  Students must have a current financial aid form on file to qualify.  In most cases, students must pay the first $750 of the airfare.
  • passport
  • books
  • transportation within, and outside, Shanghai.

See Money Matters for more details.

Students receive $600 from St. Lawrence University for meals not covered in the homestay.

A non-refundable first payment of $500 is to be made upon acceptance. The remaining sum must be paid upon receipt of bills from St. Lawrence University. Participants in the program will have incurred responsibility for the full cost once they have formally accepted enrollment. Refunds will be made in accordance with the policy outlined in the St. Lawrence catalog, minus any money that has been paid out on behalf of the student.