Hi,
I am an italian student that is enrolled in Youngstown State University since fall 2014. During my first semester I took 14 credits and earned a 3.71 GPA. During my second semester I am taking other 15 credits. My GPA prabably will be the same after this semester.
I am planning to transfer to a bigger university because the one I am now in is a commuter school. My major is Electrical Engineering. I did not take neither SAT nor ACT. I took the TOEFL ibt and my score was 81. I am looking for a school that my family can afford. My budget for the year total is at most 25k (tuition + room&board ).
Can you reccomend me some universities that have low out of state tuition or give me enough scholarship that make the cost of attendance under 25k?
I forgot to write ’ thank you in advance 
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It is hard to get financial aid as a transfer. I don’t know how it will be with not test scores after only one year, you will have to check. But comes to mind:
Louisiana Tech
South Dakota School of Mines
South Dakota State
NM School of Mines
Many of the University of Wisconsin campuses, check post #67 in the above link and see which have engineering
It’s going to be hard finding universities with engineering that will offer enough scholarships to an international student to make it 25K tops. In addition, many have deadlines in February and March, so you may already be late. 
University of Minnesota has scholarships for international transfers and engineering but you need to apply ASAP.
Check out Kettering, Marietta, UMass Lowell, perhaps SUNYs? I know of an international transfer with constraints similar to yours who finds it manageable at Baruch, so look into CUNYs?
I would contact the UMass Lowell. The top international transfer award is 16k. To be eligible you have to have a 3.25 GPA. The cost of attendance is 36k. Your final cost would be 20k if you won that scholarship. UMass is a good school for engineering. Not in a fancy area though.
SD Mines and NM Tech should have engineering and should be about affordable even without fin aid or scholarships.
After this semester my GPA has been raised to 3.86/4.00 . The total amount of credits I earned is 29. Do I have more chances now? I can transfer for Spring 2016, or later for Fall 2016.
Please guys answer my questions.
Thank you in advance.
What questions? Chances for what – transfer or financial aid? As others have written on this forum, it’s hard to find FA as an international transfer student. Did you check out the schools others suggested on this forum? I will also add, check out Montana State University, which may fit in your budget.
The question is still the first one in the topic.
And people responded, giving you suggestions of schools which may be affordable to you. Have you checked them out?
@zeregon did you even read the responses???
You asked: Can you reccomend me some universities that have low out of state tuition or give me enough scholarship that make the cost of attendance under 25k?
And plenty of people suggested a few schools(I would add U of Arizona) that offer scholarship for int. transfer students and advised that it is very difficult to find schools that will cost under 25k for international students. Even if there are, their academic qualities are questionable. Also, no one here is responsible to actually look up the college websites and calculate the coa for you. It’s your job, not ours.
I checked the universities you guys said above, and most of them either doesnt actually offer scholarships for international transfer even if it is mentioned on the website, or they offer scholarship just for entering student during the fall semester and the deadline is past due.
I’m not asking you to check for me, I’m just asking people who might have done some personal research and want to share it.
I appreciate your answers.
Are you sure you checked this link? Because thetr are some schools with very low coa even for international studnets…
Zeregon, you need to dig deeper, call schools and speak to admission offices in person. Just reading what’s on the web is being lazy. For example, Montana State University would cost you about $31,000 per year – that’s only $6,000 per year more than your parents can pay. With your grades, they may very well offer to give you a scholarship, even at this date. Some of these schools – in underpopulated states – do have money to offer. You have nothing to lose by calling.