Overview

The outside providers like IES and Arcadia's Center for Education Abroad that act as intermediaries by assisting program participants with logistics like course registration and housing arrangements. While models differ, academic and social guidance is generally included throughout the duration of a program, such as orientation, support services, field trips and cultural activities. Additionally, providers are typically able to provide transcripts that ease credit transfer for students who enroll in their programs based at universities abroad – offer all these extra services, of course, at an extra cost.

Third-party providers of all stripes pursue relationships with U.S. universities in the form of affiliation agreements or membership consortia agreements. There are many third-party providers in operation in the United States. Program models vary; please find a partial list below:

• • American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS), based in Stamford, Connecticut
  • Academic Programs International (API), based in Austin, Texas
  • Academic Studies Abroad (ASA), based in Roslindale, Massachusetts
  • Arcadia University Center for Education Abroad, based in Glenside, Pennsylvania
  • Athena Study Abroad, based in Columbus, Ohio
  • Boston University International Programs, based in Boston, Massachusetts
  • CEA Global Education, based in Tempe, Arizona
  • CEPA Europe, based near Stuttgart, Germany
  • CET Academic Programs, based in Washington, DC
  • Council on International Education and Exchange (CIEE), based in Portland, Maine
  • Danish Institute for Study Abroad, affiliated with the University of Copenhagen.
  • Global Links Learning Abroad, based in Westminster, Colorado
  • Institute for the International Education of Students (IES), based in Chicago, Illinois
  • Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA), affiliated with Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • interstudy, based in Medford, Massachusetts
  • International Studies Abroad (ISA), based in Austin, Texas
  • International Student Exchange Programs (ISEP), based in Washington, DC
  • Learnhub based in Toronto