Student Budgeting Worksheets
for Medical and Graduate Students
PCOM's student budgeting worksheets are designed to help medical and graduate students
determine how much they may need to borrow in student loans to meet their educational
and living expenses. Budgeting worksheets are updated once tuition numbers are established—sometimes
as late as May.
Our student budgeting worksheets are completed in just a few simple steps as users
enter their out of pocket payments (if any), initial financial aid awards and monthly
living expense costs. PCOM's student budgeting Google sheets will then calculate remaining
unmet need and how much additional loan a student may need to apply for.
How PCOM's student budgeting sheets work
PCOM's student budgeting worksheets are completed in four easy steps:
- Our Google sheets automatically fill in the estimated tuition and fees for PCOM's
academic programs.
- Students enter any deposits or any out of pocket payments toward tuition.
- Third, students list their financial aid amounts (Federal student loans, private student
loans, PCOM scholarships, third-party scholarships, etc.) as awarded by the PCOM Financial
Aid Office or external sources.
- Last, users enter their monthly living and miscellaneous school expenses for categories
such as books, rent, utilities, food, health costs and more.
The completed sheet will then calculate how much unmet need a student may have as
well as a recommendation for how much Federal Direct PLUS loan or private student
loan to apply for. The sheet will also show how the financial aid and loan disbursements
are divided over the appropriate terms enrolled.
How to use PCOM's student budgeting worksheets
- Click the appropriate link below for your program. This will open a copy of our worksheet
within Google Drive of your PCOM Google account.
- Each Google Sheet is separated into workbook tabs for each year of the program (bottom
left of each Sheet).
- Follow the instructions within the sheet to determine how much federal student loans
you may need to borrow to cover the cost of tuition, fees, supplies and living expenses.
Your initial financial aid package can be found Financial Aid Self-Service within
myPCOM.
Remember you only need to enter figures into the orange cells.
Watch Budgeting Worksheets How-To Video
Notes and borrowing scenarios
The below budgeting worksheets generally assume traditional student enrollment and
aid scenarios. If you require additional assistance with creating a budget or determining
your loan amounts, contact your respective financial aid office to speak with a counselor.
If you are only trying to borrow exactly what you need to cover tuition/fees, contact
your respective financial aid office to speak with a counselor.
Budgeting worksheets for PCOM's doctoral programs
Click the program name below to access the budget sheet for your medical or graduate
program. You will be prompted to "make a copy" of the Google Sheet to your Google
Drive. Budgeting worksheets for the upcoming school year are updated once tuition
numbers are established—sometimes as late as May.
Budgeting worksheets for PCOM's graduate and certificate programs
Click the program name below to access the budget sheet for your medical or graduate
program. You will be prompted to "make a copy" of the Google Sheet to your Google
Drive. Budgeting worksheets for the upcoming school year are updated once tuition
numbers are established—sometimes as late as May.