Prepare your Certification of Financial Support
The Certification of Financial Support (COF) is an official, original document from your sponsor's bank that is required for SCAD to issue an I-20 application for a U.S. student visa. The bank document should show within one or more of your sponsor's checking, savings, or money market accounts an amount greater than or equal to the amounts listed below. Note that there is a difference between the undergraduate and the graduate amounts. Any scholarships awarded by SCAD can be deducted from the overall amount that you need to show on your COF document.
Sponsorship letter
The bank document(s) must be accompanied by a sponsorship letter stating that the account holder will be using those funds to sponsor your education at SCAD. This is a written message that formally dedicates those funds to the student's tuition and explains the sponsor's relationship to the student.
Electronic copies of the COF and sponsorship letters may be emailed to the admission adviser by the student or mailed by the account holder to your intended SCAD location.
SCAD Atlanta
Admission department
1600 Peachtree St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
SCAD Savannah
Admission department
22 E. Lathrop Ave.
Savannah, GA 31415
Certification of Financial Support needed for U.S. visa
The lists below display the COF amounts needed for a U.S. visa for the academic year.
U.S. undergraduate (three classes): |
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|---|---|
| Tuition/enrollment fee | US$42,165* |
| Living expenses (U.S.)*** | US$20,822 |
| Books and supplies | US$2,043 |
| Health insurance | US$1,416 |
| Total | US$66,946 |
U.S. graduate (three classes): |
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|---|---|
| Tuition/enrollment fee | US$43,155** |
| Living expenses (U.S.)*** | US$20,822 |
| Books and supplies | US$2,043 |
| Health insurance | US$1,416 |
| Total | US$67,936 |
* This is US$42,165 for one year's tuition plus the US$500 enrollment fee.
** This is US$43,155 for one year's tuition plus the US$500 enrollment fee.
*** Living Expenses (U.S.) assumes a student is living in a dual-occupancy residence hall at The Hive and purchasing the 14-meal/week plan. It also includes US$2,552 in estimated funds for the student to travel round-trip between home and campus two times in the academic year. Travel costs are the average of airfare between Savannah and the capital city of the top 10 countries for enrollment.
U.S. undergraduate (three classes): |
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|---|---|
| Tuition/enrollment fee | US$41,630* |
| Living expenses (U.S.)*** | US$20,702 |
| Books and supplies | US$1,593 |
| Health insurance | US$1,440 |
| Total | US$65,365 |
U.S. graduate (three classes): |
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|---|---|
| Tuition/enrollment fee | US$42,620** |
| Living expenses (U.S.)*** | US$20,702 |
| Books and supplies | US$1,593 |
| Health insurance | US$1,440 |
| Total | US$66,355 |
* This is US$41,130 for one year's tuition plus the US$500 enrollment fee.
** This is US$42,120 for one year's tuition plus the US$500 enrollment fee.
*** Living expenses (U.S.) assumes a student is living in a dual-occupancy residence hall at The Hive and purchasing the 14-meal/week plan. It also includes US$2,552 in estimated funds for the student to travel round-trip between home and campus two times in the academic year. Travel costs are the average of airfare between Savannah and the capital city of the top 10 countries for enrollment.
Connect with the International Student Services Office
SCAD Atlanta
International Student Services Office
SCAD Atlanta
1600 Peachtree St. NW
Atlanta, Ga.
404.253.3104
issoatl@scad.edu
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SCAD Savannah
International Student Services Office
Norris Hall
548 E. Broughton St.
Savannah, Ga.
912.525.7304
isso@scad.edu
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