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Search every gap year we know of
Verto Education Semester Abroad
Verto Education
$18,750–$33,500to join
ARCC Gap Semester
ARCC Programs (Adventures Rolling Cross Country)
$16,388to join
Boren Awards (Boren Scholarship and Boren Fellowship)
Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO), administered by IIE
$8,000–$30,000 total
CIEE Gap Year Abroad
CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange)
$12,100to join
AIFS – Study Abroad Semester (Gap Year Compatible)
aifabroad.com
No cash pay listed
AIFS Abroad Gap Year / Semester Abroad
AIFS Abroad (American Institute For Foreign Study)
$19,790to join
Alice Lloyd College — Tuition-Free Work College (Appalachia)
alc.edu
Pays, amount varies
Alterra Mountain (Ikon) — Ski/Snowboard Instructor
alterramtn.co
Pays, amount varies
Alzar School – Gap Program
alzar.org
No cash pay listed
Apprenticeship.gov — Registered Apprenticeship Finder (Gateway Tool)
apprenticeship.gov
Pays, amount varies
ARCC Gap – Gap Year Programs
gooverseas.com
No cash pay listed
Army National Guard Split-Option Enlistment (17–18 year olds)
nationalguard.com
Pays, amount varies
Army National Guard State Tuition Waivers (varies by state)
nationalguard.com
Pays, amount varies
Aspen Snowmass — Ski Instructor
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
Pays, amount varies
Australia Work and Holiday Visa (Subclass 462)
immi.homeaffairs.gov.au
Pays, amount varies
Beach Nesting Bird Technician (Delaware DNREC)
jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu
Pays, amount varies
Berea College — Tuition-Free Work College
berea.smartcatalogiq.com
Pays, amount varies
Bruderhof Communities
bruderhof.com
Pays, amount varies
Camp America — General Counselor Placement
campamerica.co.uk
Pays, amount varies
Caretaker Gazette
caretaker.org
Pays, amount varies
Carpe Diem Education – Semester Programs
carpediemeducation.org
No cash pay listed
Carpe Diem Gap Semester (Guatemala & Costa Rica and other routes)
Carpe Diem Education
$16,900to join
CIEE – College Study Abroad Semester (Sample: Barcelona)
ciee.org
No cash pay listed
CIEE Gap Year – French Language & Culture (Paris/Nice)
ciee.org
No cash pay listed
CIEE Gap Year Abroad – High School / Teen Programs
ciee.org
No cash pay listed
College of the Ozarks — Tuition-Free Work College ('Hard Work U')
cofo.edu
Pays, amount varies
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX)
Cultural Vistas, funded by the U.S. Department of State and the German Bundestag
$150/mo
Crewseekers (UK-based, global)
crewseekers.net
Pays, amount varies
Deep Springs College — Full Scholarship 2-Year Liberal Arts
deepsprings.edu
Pays, amount varies
EF Gap Year
EF Education First
$43,750to join
EF Gap Year – The Global Gap Year
efgapyear.com
No cash pay listed
EPIK (English Program in Korea)
epik.go.kr
Pays, amount varies
Findacrew.net (sailing passages)
findacrew.com
Pays, amount varies
Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA)
us.fulbrightonline.org
Pays, amount varies
Global Citizen Year (GCY) – Bridge Year
extracurricularhub.com
No cash pay listed
Grand Teton NPS — Interpretive Associate (via Teton Science Schools)
nps.gov
Pays, amount varies
Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) — Military-to-Apprenticeship Gateway
helmetstohardhats.org
Pays, amount varies
HelpX
helpx.net
Pays, amount varies
IBEW Inside Wireman Electrical Apprenticeship (JATC)
ibew.org
Pays, amount varies
IES Abroad – Language & Area Studies Semester (Sample: Barcelona)
iesabroad.org
No cash pay listed
Instituto de Español – Antigua Guatemala Language Schools
salamander-travelschool.com
No cash pay listed
Ironworkers Apprenticeship (AIW)
helmetstohardhats.org
Pays, amount varies
IVHQ volunteer placement
International Volunteer HQ
$285–$864to join
Korean Language School (e.g., Sogang University KLEC, Yonsei KLI)
Unknown
No cash pay listed
Latitudes Year
Carpe Diem Education
$25,800–$29,800to join
LeapYear (formerly LEAPNOW)
Naropa University (program absorbed from LEAPNOW: Transforming Education)
No cash pay listed
Masa Israel programs (e.g. Young Judaea Year Course)
Masa Israel Journey / Jewish Agency
$21,500–$28,500to join
Maximo Nivel – Volunteer & Study Abroad in Latin America
maximonivel.com
No cash pay listed
Mennonite Voluntary Service (MVS)
mennonitemission.net
Pays, amount varies
Middlebury Language Schools – Immersion Intensives
middlebury.edu
No cash pay listed
Middlebury Language Schools Summer Immersion
Middlebury College
$6,750–$12,365to join
Mountain Roots Food Project — Registered Farming Apprenticeship
mountainrootsfoodproject.org
Pays, amount varies
NALCAP / Auxiliares de Conversación (Spain)
educacionfpydeportes.gob.es
Pays, amount varies
NPS Seasonal Ranger — Interpretation / Visitor Services
nps.gov
Pays, amount varies
Pacific Discovery Gap Year Semester
Pacific Discovery
$15,000–$20,000to join
Pendle Hill Quaker Study Center
pendlehill.org
No cash pay listed
Plum Village / Deer Park Monastery (Buddhist)
plumvillage.org
Pays, amount varies
Postgraduate (PG) year at a boarding school
Various U.S. independent boarding schools
$55,000–$75,000to join
Princeton Bridge Year Program
bridgeyear.princeton.edu
Pays, amount varies
Projects Abroad
Projects Abroad
$2,000to join
Quivira Coalition New Agrarian Program
quiviracoalition.org
Pays, amount varies
Rotary Youth Exchange
Rotary International
$1,500–$3,000to join
Rustic Pathways – Gap Semester / Mini Gap
rusticpathways.com
No cash pay listed
Rustic Pathways – Spanish Immersion Gap Semester
rusticpathways.com
No cash pay listed
Rustic Pathways Gap Semester
Rustic Pathways
$13,000–$20,990to join
SCI-IVS USA (Service Civil International)
volunteersciusa.org
No cash pay listed
SEA Semester / Sea Education Association
sea.edu
No cash pay listed
Sea|mester – Sailing Gap Semester
seamester.com
No cash pay listed
Semester at Sea – Fall 2026 Voyage
semesteratsea.org
No cash pay listed
Semester at Sea – Spring 2027 (for comparison with Spring gap year seekers)
semesteratsea.org
No cash pay listed
Taizé Community (France)
taize.fr
No cash pay listed
Thinking Beyond Borders – Gap Year Semester
gooverseas.com
No cash pay listed
Thinking Beyond Borders Gap Year
Thinking Beyond Borders, Inc.
No cash pay listed
Trusted Housesitters (Sitter membership)
trustedhousesitters.com
Pays, amount varies
UA Plumbers/Pipefitters Apprenticeship (United Association)
ua.org
Pays, amount varies
Upaya Zen Center (New Mexico)
upaya.org
Pays, amount varies
Vail Resorts (Epic) — Certified Ski Instructor
jobs.vailresortscareers.com
Pays, amount varies
Verto Education – Freshman Year Abroad
eathealthy365.com
No cash pay listed
Warren Wilson College — Work College (Partial Tuition Credit)
warren-wilson.edu
No cash pay listed
Where There Be Dragons — Southeast Asia semester
Where There Be Dragons
$17,950to join
Winterline Global Education – Gap Year
gooverseas.com
No cash pay listed
Winterline Global Skills Program
Winterline Global Education
No cash pay listed
Workaway (USA domestic hosts)
workaway.info
Pays, amount varies
WWOOF Independents
wwoof.net
Pays, amount varies
WWOOF Italy / France / Germany
help.wwoof.net
No cash pay listed
Yacht Crew / Junior Steward(ess) — Antibes/Fort Lauderdale
galileomaritimeacademy.com
Pays, amount varies
YMCA Camp Counselor
ymca-of-central-texas.breezy.hr
Pays, amount varies
Yoga / Permaculture Ashram Karma Yoga
permacultureglobal.org
Pays, amount varies
YouthBuild — Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Trades
dol.gov
Pays, amount varies