Loan Repayment

Wisconsin Office of Rural Health

• Health Professions Loan Assistance Program:

  •Up to $50,000 in Education Loan Assistance

  •Must work in a HPSA Designated Area or site

  •Must work full-time

  •Awards are Federal and State Income Tax Exempt

  •Eligible specialties include FM, IM, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry

  •Must be an outpatient setting, excluding ER & Urgent Care

  •Three year service obligation

• Rural Provider Loan Assistance Program:

  •Up to $50,000 in Education Loan Assistance

  •Rural Area: Population <20,000, at least 15 miles away from city with population less than 20,000

  •Eligible specialties include FM, IM, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry

  •Must be an outpatient setting

  •Three year service obligation

Program applications are open in May with an application deadline in September annually. Applicants are notified in December of their status.

For more information contact: Kevin Jacobson at Wisconsin Office of Rural Health - kmjacobson2@wisc.edu

National Health Service Corps (NHSC)
The NHSC is a federal program that seeks to improve access to care in underserved areas of the country by offering scholarship assistance and loan repayment to eligible primary care, dental, and mental health clinicians. In order to receive the scholarship or loan repayment, providers must agree to provide a minimum of two years of service in a high-need Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).