Extremely Affordable Study Abroad: Amizade Cooperates with WVU to Ensure Access to Global Service-Learning for Everyone

Yes, it is true, it is possible to study abroad affordably - sometimes for even less than the cost of studying on campus. We want to make global service-learning as affordable and accessible as possible for all students. Though our semester costs are already below the average of semester college costs for out-of-state students, we have also worked to provide special opportunities for WVU and WV students. 

Amizade is pleased to be nearing its 5th year of partnership with West Virginia University, through which we cooperate to offer academically-rigorous, community-based, safe and secure global service-learning semesters and break programs. 

Three global service-learning semesters are currently offered through the partnership, and special scholarship opportunities apply to WVU students! Additionally, WV Promise Scholarships may be applied. Opportunities include: 

• Indigenous Politics, Service, and Development in the Andes in Cochabamba, Bolivia, which offers credits in Spanish, Political Science, and History. 

• Amazon to Atlantic: Development and Change  in Brazil, which offers credits in Political Science and Portuguese.  

• International Justice, Identity, and Sustainable Development in rural Tanzania, which offers credits in Philosophy, Swahili, and Political Science. 

Amizade anticipates continuing to offer these semester programs in cooperation with WVU indefinitely. 

According to the College Board, the average semester cost of college attendance for an out-of-state student at a public institution this academic year is $13,370, including room, board and costs. ALL of the Amizade-WVU semester programs cost less than that national average. Additionally, through the Amizade-WVU partnership: 

• Amizade guarantees special scholarships for WVU students participating in semester programs. The minimum scholarship provided to a WVU student entering a semester programs is $1,270. 
• WV Promise Scholarship Funding may be applied to semester programs.  

Amizade is committed to making global service-learning as affordable and accessible as possible.