Learning Abroad Center

Affiliate Program Costs

Affiliate programs charge a program cost which is inclusive of the affiliate's program cost, University of Minnesota Advising, Placement, Academic and Administrative Costs (APAAC), and international travel, health, and security insurance. Based on these additional services and benefits, the overall program cost may be higher than the affiliate's published program cost.

How to Calculate the Total Program Cost

Affiliate Program Fee plus APAAC plus International Health Insurance minus Affiliate Fee Reduction equals Total program fee
  1. Find your affiliate program cost by visiting your affiliate's fee website.
  2. Find your affiliate program on the charts below
  3. Add the APAAC amount to the affiliate's published program cost (available on the affiliate's website).
  4. Multiply the International Health Insurance rate by the number of months you will be abroad.
  5. Apply the fee reduction offered by your affiliate program, if applicable.

Advising, Placement, Academic, and Administrative Costs (APAAC)

The APAAC covers:

  • Application processing
  • Advising services
  • Orientation
  • Course registration
  • Grade transfer and posting for resident credit
  • Program billing
  • Financial aid assistance, when applicable

Fee Reductions

The Learning Abroad Center works closely with a select portfolio of education abroad organizations, called affiliates, that provide learning abroad opportunities for University of Minnesota students. The Learning Abroad Center negotiates with the affiliates for a fee reduction whenever possible. All affiliate fee reductions are entirely passed on to students.

Summer 2023

AffiliateAPAAC (Summer)International Insurance
cost per month
Fee Reduction
CET*$1,350$55$1,000**
ICLP$2,200$55Not applicable
IES$1,350Included in the program feeNot applicable
IFSA$1,350Included in the program fee$500 (irrespective of number of sessions)
ISEP$1,350$55Not applicable
SFS$1,350$554-week: $300
6+weeks: $600
SIT$1,350$55$750
UofM Systems
(UMC, UMD, UMM, UMR)
Included in the program feeIncluded in the program feeNot applicable

Academic Year 2023–24

AffiliateAPAAC (Year)International Insurance
cost per month
Fee Reduction
CET*$3,900$60$3,500**
Chinese Flagship Capstone Year$6,225$60Not applicable
IES$3,900$60$2,000
IFSA**$3,900$60$2,500
ISEP$3,900$60Not applicable
UofM Systems
(UMC, UMD, UMM, UMR)
Included in the program feeIncluded in the program feeNot applicable

Fall 2023

AffiliateAPAAC (Semester)International Insurance
cost per month
Fee Reduction
CET*$2,700$60$1,500**
IES$2,700$60$2,000
IFSA**$2,700$60$2,500
ISEP$2,700$60Not applicable
SFS$2,700$60$3,000
SIT$2,700$60$2,700
UM-Systems
(UMC, UMD, UMM, UMR)
Included in the program feeIncluded in the program feeNot applicable

Spring 2024

AffiliateAPAAC (Semester)International Insurance
cost per month
Fee Reduction
CET*$2,700TBD$1,500**
IES$2,700TBD$2,000
IFSA**$2,700TBD$2,500
ISEP$2,700TBDNot applicable
SFS$2,700TBD$3,000
SIT$2,700TBD$2,700
UofM Systems
(UMC, UMD, UMM, UMR)
Included in the program feeIncluded in the program feeNot applicable

Winter Break 2023, May 2024, & Summer 2024

AffiliateAPAAC (Summer)International Insurance
cost per month
Fee Reduction
CET*$1,500$60$1,000**
ICLP$2,350$60Not applicable
IES$1,500$60Not applicable
IFSA**$1,500$60$500 (irrespective of number of sessions)
ISEP$1,500$60Not applicable
SFS$1,500$604-week: $300
6+weeks: $600
SIT$1,500$60$750
UofM Systems
(UMC, UMD, UMM, UMR)
Included in the program feeIncluded in the program feeNot applicable

* Does not apply to Study Abroad in Jordan (CET Jordan) and Language Immersion in China (CET China-Beijing Summer). The total fees for these programs are listed on the Learning Abroad Center's website under the Fees tab and already include all fee reductions.

* CET offers an additional $500 fee reduction to continuing students (ex: adding a semester program to a summer program or a summer program to a semester program). The academic year fee reduction listed above already includes the continuing discount.

** IFSA offers Prague Tech Career Accelerator program participants the choice of either a travel grant or experiential stipend to use on-site as part of their new program development initiative:

  • 2023–24: $500 per student
  • 2024–25: $500 per student