Education of the Deaf Act (EDA) Sheet
The Education of the Deaf Act (EDA) and ensuing regulations from the United States Department of Education require that international students attending Gallaudet University pay a tuition surcharge of either 100% or 50%, depending on their country of citizenship. The EDA Developing Countries List for Academic Year 2024-2025 is on Gallaudet University’s Student Finances Services (SFS) website. (Note: Gallaudet University has no involvement in this policy or its tuition rates.)
| EDA Developing Countries List for Academic Year 2024-2025 |
| Afghanistan |
Ecuador |
Kyrgyz Republic |
Samoa |
| Albania |
Egypt, Arab Rep. |
Laos, PDR |
Sao Tome and Principe |
| Algeria |
El Salvador |
Lebanon |
Senegal |
| American Samoa |
Equatorial Guinea |
Lesotho |
Serbia |
| Angola |
Eritrea |
Liberia |
Sierra Leone |
| Armenia |
Eswatini |
Madagascar |
Solomon Islands |
| Azerbaijan |
Ethiopia |
Malawi |
Somalia |
| Bangladesh |
Fiji |
Mali |
South Africa |
| Belarus |
Gabon |
Marshall Islands |
South Sudan |
| Belize |
Gambia, The |
Mauritania |
Sri Lanka |
| Benin |
Georgia |
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. |
Sudan |
| Bhutan |
Ghana |
Moldova |
Suriname |
| Bolivia |
Guatemala |
Mongolia |
Syrian Arab Republic |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Guinea |
Morocco |
Tajikistan |
| Burkina Faso |
Guinea-Bissau |
Mozambique |
Tanzania |
| Burundi |
Guyana |
Myanmar |
Thailand |
| Cabo Verde |
Haiti |
Namibia |
Timor-Leste |
| Cambodia |
Honduras |
Nepal |
Togo |
| Cameroon |
India |
Nicaragua |
Tonga |
| Central African Republic |
Indonesia |
Niger |
Tunisia |
| Chad |
Iran, Islamic Rep. |
Nigeria |
Turkmenistan |
| Colombia |
Iraq |
North Macedonia |
Tuvalu |
| Comoros |
Jamaica |
Pakistan |
Uganda |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. |
Jordan |
Papua New Guinea |
Ukraine |
| Congo, Rep. |
Kenya |
Paraguay |
Uzbekistan |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
Kiribati |
Peru |
Vanuatu |
| Cuba |
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. |
Philippines |
Venezuela, RB |
| Djibouti |
Kosovo |
Rwanda |
Vietnam |
| West Bank and Gaza |
Yemen, Rep. |
Zambia |
Zimbabwe |
