Estimated Expenses
|
Tuition & Fees |
$11,370 |
|
Living Expenses |
$11,968 |
|
Books, Transportation, and Miscellaneous/Personal Expenses |
$7,288 |
|
TOTAL Cost for one Academic Year |
$30,626 |
*Estimated expenses updated as of: April 4, 2024
* Estimate does not include living expenses, tuition, or fees for Summer Sessions I and II. Summer enrollment is optional.
*Tuition and fees are based on students maintaining 15 hours each semester.
Required Financial Resource Documents
The International Student Program (ISP) office must collect evidence of the student’s financial ability before issuing the Form I-20 document. Students must submit proof of financial resources to cover the cost of one academic year in the United States. This includes being able to cover the cost of tuition, living expenses, books, and travel. These rates are set for all F-1 students and cannot be adjusted based on a student’s individual choices and resources. Click the options below to review the document requirements and download the optional form that can be used to complete this requirement.
Download Financial Resource Form
All financial documents submitted for receiving a Form I-20 must meet all the basic requirements outlined below.
- Must be dated within 6 months of the start of the intended term.
- Must indicate the amount in USD or show a confirmed conversion to USD by the bank official.
- Must contain a specific amount of funds available (cannot be estimated figures or general terms such as “more than”, “well above”, or “seven figures”).
- Must be personal available funds/ liquid assets and cannot be company assets, bonds, property, or investments.
- Bank statements are not accepted unless they contain a bank official's signature/stamp and business card.
- Must contain the following information in English. (Strongly preferred that entire document is in English, but at minimum the following fields must be in English to be accepted).
- Name of Account Holder
- Current Balance-including type of currency
- Name of financial institution
- Date (within 6 months from term)
- Bank documents that are not in the name of the student must be accompanied by a financial letter of support from the account holder/account holders.
Under no circumstances will the ISP office accept the following types of documents as proof of financial resources:
- Statements regarding property, jewelry, cars, or other non-liquid assets.
- Statements related to investments such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds
- Pay stubs
- Trusts
- Passbooks
- Tax Returns
- Retirement Accounts
- Prepaid Cards
- Credit card statements
- Income statements from an employer
- Company accounts that are not in the name of the sponsor without written documentation from the bank/accountant that sponsor has discretion to distribute funds.
- Bank statements that do not have a bank officials’ signature/stamp
If your bank wishes to provide a letter rather than filling out the provided form you can follow the bank letter requirements outlined on page 3 of the Confirmation of Financial Resource form linked above.
- Bank letters must be on letterhead, signed by a bank official, stamped/sealed with bank seal.
- Must be dated within 6 months of the start of the intended term.
- Must contain a specific amount of funds available (cannot be estimated figures or general terms such as “more than”, “well above”, or “seven figures”).
- Must indicate amount in USD or show a confirmed conversion to USD by the bank official.
- Must be personal available funds/ liquid assets and cannot be company assets, bonds, property, or investments.
- Must contain the following information in English. (Strongly preferred that entire document is in English, but at minimum the following fields must be in English to be accepted).
- Name of Account Holder
- Current Balance-including type of currency
- Name of financial institution
- Date (within 6 months from term)
- Bank letters that reference an account holder that is not the student must be accompanied by a financial letter of support from the account holder/account holders.
Bank documents that reference an account holder that is not the student must be accompanied by a financial letter of support from the account holder. The financial letter of support will indicate that the account holder is willing to serve as the student’s sponsor while they pursue education in the United States. Sponsors can be parents, relatives, or friends. Follow the financial letter of support requirements outlined on page 3 of the Confirmation of Financial Resource form linked above.
- Must be dated within 6 months of the start of the intended term.
- Must include the students name, sponsors name, and the sponsors relationship to the student.
- Must contain the following information in English. (Strongly preferred that entire document is in English, but at minimum the following fields must be in English to be accepted).
- Name of Account Holder/sponsor
- Name of student
- Date (within 6 months from term)
- Must state the sponsor’s willingness to cover the educational expenses of the student during their first year of study and that funding for subsequent years will be available from the same source or an equally dependable source.
- Give the amount in USD that sponsor intends to support.
- Include a signature from all individuals on the account being used to support the student.
*J-2 visa holders may submit the DS-2019 in lieu of the options above.
Third Party Business Sponsorship agreements must be approved by the Blinn College Business office before any confirmation of financial resources will be accepted on behalf of the student in order to issue a Form I-20.
Students who have signed a letter of intent with the Blinn College District Athletic department will receive an email with an adjusted Confirmation of Financial Resource form once the Athletic Department submits the signed letter of intent to the International Student Programs office. Students will be expected to confirm the difference after the athletic sponsorship amount has been applied.
There a few different methods for submitting your required financial documents for the I-20. We must receive original financial documents wet signed or endorsed by the bank. The global health crisis affected the global mail system and how many companies do business around the globe. For this reason, we give students a one semester grace period to provide us the original documents. The International Office temporarily accepts unofficial financial documents via the student’s myBLINN portal in order to issue the Form I-20 document quickly and allow the student to schedule their visa appointment with the U.S. Department of State Consular offices. However, original, official, wet signed, and non-electronic financial documents will still be required once the student arrives on campus.
- Unofficial financial documents accepted via myBLINN portal
- Official documents accepted in person at Enrollment Services Counter
- Official documents accepted via mail
Students can drop the original documents in person at:
Bryan Campus Enrollment Services
Administration Building
2608 E. Villa Maria Rd.
Bryan, TX, 77802
Brenham Campus Enrollment Services
Administration Building
Room 206
802 Green St.
Brenham, TX 77833
RELLIS Campus Enrollment Services
Blinn RELLIS Administration Building
1300 Bryan Road
Suite 150
Bryan, TX, 77807
Mailing Options:
If you are mailing documents by (UPS, FedEx, DHL) send them to this address:
Blinn College
International Student Admissions
2423 Blinn Blvd.
Bryan, TX 77802
If you are using anything else, you can send them to the P.O. Box address below:
Blinn College
International Admissions Office
P.O. Box 6030
Bryan, TX 77805
The Blinn College District does not offer specific scholarships allocated to internationals students. All international students can apply to be considered for any Endowed Scholarship by submitting the online application located on the Financial Aid website. The ISP office cannot determine if a student who applies will be awarded a scholarship and students are considered along with all other applicants who submit a scholarship application. For this reason, students should not count on scholarships to cover the cost of education and are still responsible to cover all financial obligations.