United States
Tulane University
Funding
Tulane offers up to USD 30,000 need-based aid annually for qualifying international students; highly selective separate merit awards may reach full tuition or full cost. Stamps and Global scholarships have award-specific eligibility; ordinary need-based assistance alone is not a full ride.
Eligibility
International students MUST complete Certification of Finances for admission review and furnish bank evidence of liquid funds; institutional admissions staff confirmed no waiver of the bank-document requirement. CSS Profile is needed for need-based aid, and no institutional CSS fee waiver was offered to international applicants. Do not treat ISFAA as an accepted substitute.
Deadlines
Fall 2027 EA admission deadline November 10 2026; ED I November 1. Current international aid page recommends CSS by February 15, while the general admissions round-specific forms page lists differing CSS deadlines. Confirm individualized Green Wave Portal requirements before relying on either deadline.
What Tulane University needs for Fall 2027
Draft research from official pages (checked 14 Nov 2026). Not yet verified by a bdesh editor — confirm every date and prompt on the official page. 6 details still being checked.
Rounds and deadlines
| Round | Application | Financial aid | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Decision Ibinding | 1 Nov 2026 | 15 Nov 2026 | by December 15 |
| Early Action | 10 Nov 2026 | 15 Dec 2026 | by January 10 |
| Early Decision IIbinding | 15 Jan 2027 | 15 Jan 2027 | by February 15 |
| Regular Decision | 15 Jan 2027 | 15 Feb 2027 | by April 1 |
Essays and short answers
No college-specific essays found — only the Common App personal statement.
Testing
- SAT/ACT optional
- English tests: TOEFL iBT, IELTS, Duolingo English Test, Cambridge C1/C2 (TOEFL 95+ (typical successful score, not stated as a hard minimum) · IELTS 6.5+ (typical successful score) · DET 130+ (typical successful score))
- May be waived for students who studied in a country where English is an official language (ask your admission counselor if not applied automatically), or with SAT Reading/Writing 600+ / ACT English 27+. Bangladesh is not stated as qualifying.
Recommendations · Interview
- counselor
- Interview: Optional
- Application fee: No fee · Apply through Common App
Financial aid for international students
- Need-blind or need-aware: not stated
- ✕ Does not meet full need for most international students
- Forms: CSS Profile, Declaration & Certification of Finances
- Documents: CSS Profile supporting documents; Declaration & Certification of Finances
- CSS Profile code: 6832
Need-based aid for international students is capped at up to $30,000 (and only if the student has not already received that much or more in merit scholarships), so it does not meet full need. Full funding realistically depends on merit: Global Scholarships (full tuition and fees or full cost of attendance, renewable 4 years) for which the top ~20% academically are most competitive and an EA (Nov 10) or ED (Nov 1) application is needed to be competitive; nominations based on the Common App and CSS Profile. Other merit awards open to internationals include Stamps (full cost of attendance), Dean's Honor (full tuition), and partial merit up to $32,000/year. Tulane does not state whether international admission is need-aware or need-blind.
Official pages used
- admission.tulane.edu/apply
- admission.tulane.edu/apply/instructions
- www.commonapp.org/school/tulane-university
- admission.tulane.edu/apply/deadlines-forms
- admission.tulane.edu/international/aid
- admission.tulane.edu/international
- admission.tulane.edu/apply/getting-into-tulane
- admission.tulane.edu/tuition-aid/need-based-aid
- admission.tulane.edu/tuition-aid/merit-scholarships