Financial Aid - General

Your education is one of the most important investments you will ever make. The costs of medical education are indeed high; therefore, careful planning and fiscal management are essential to meet your future obligations. Our goal is to help you become an informed borrower and to provide a comprehensive system of financial assistance services. Our intent is to provide not only dollar support but financial counseling and debt management planning services as well.

The WVSOM Financial Aid Philosophy statement suggests, we "expect that students will make every effort to finance their education".   The FAO will try to assist you with financing issues.  Since scholarship and grant moneys are extremely limited, most students must secure outside educational loans to finance their education. You should remember that a loan is not a gift or grant - it must be repaid.

Educational debt management is essential. We encourage you to learn some basic budgeting techniques, to learn to cut costs and possibly to learn to live with less. We encourage you to seek ways to creatively finance your education.

Any questions which you may have about financial aid or this web page should be directed to Sharon L. Howard, Director of Financial Aid.

Loan Information

WVSOM participates in all federally funded financial aid programs including the Federal Stafford Loan, the Federal Perkins Loan, the Graduate/Professional PLUS Loan and Federal Work Study.

We also participate in the Primary Care Loan Program through the Department of Health and Human Services and various alternative loan programs. For a brief discription of these programs, simply click on that program.

Scholarships

FREE scholarship searches are available at FastWEB and CollegeNET.

Education Costs

Budget Information and Cost Tables for in-state and out-of-state students are provided for budgeting purposes.

AACOM Annual Indebtedness Survey

All first year students (Class of 2012) must complete this survey by clicking the following link: https://portal.aacom.org/cgi-bin/rws3.pl?FORM=Surv0809FirstDebt