With the rise of medical school costs, we highly recommend that you find a roommate.  It will decrease your room and board expenses by as much as 50%.

Your Budget

If you aren’t used to living on a restricted budget, start practicing now! Financial aid budgets for medical students are based on a low to moderate cost of living.  Each year we create a medical student budget or Cost of Attendance Budget from which we determine the amount of financial aid our students are eligible to receive.  Review it carefully and try to budget your own expenses accordingly.  NOTE FOR THE CLASS OF 2014: Because aid does not disburse until the end of the first week of class, you need to plan for matriculation expenses such as: moving expenses, housing and utilities deposits, summer reading, etc.  You will not be able to rely on financial aid to get you started.

There are sometimes circumstances in which students are eligible for a budget increase.  To become familiar with allowable increases click on Instructions for making an appeal to the Student Educational Budget.

In order to have access to financial aid, you must maintain satisfactory academic progress while enrolled at OU-HCOM. Read the policy regarding Satisfactory Academic Progress

If you began medical school with as out-of-state student, you can apply for Ohio Residency once you have lived in the state for 12 months.  Find out how to Apply for In-State (Ohio) Residency.