93 paths tracked · nothing here is sponsored
Search every gap year we know of
ARCC Gap Semester
ARCC Programs (Adventures Rolling Cross Country)
$16,388to join
Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Pays, amount varies
Verto Education Semester Abroad
Verto Education
$18,750–$33,500to join
CIEE Gap Year Abroad
CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange)
$12,100to join
ACA Whitewater Instructor Certification
americancanoe.org
No cash pay listed
Adventure Treks – Gap Year Adventure Programs
adventuretreks.com
No cash pay listed
African Impact – Wildlife & Community Volunteering
africanimpact.com
No cash pay listed
African Impact Volunteer Projects
African Impact
$1,950to join
AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Course
avtraining.org
No cash pay listed
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
Alzar Gap
Alzar School
$17,600to join
Alzar School – Gap Program
alzar.org
No cash pay listed
ARCC Gap – Gap Year Programs
gooverseas.com
No cash pay listed
Birthright Israel Onward
Birthright Israel Onward / regional Jewish federations and Hillels
$999to join
Carpe Diem Education – Latitudes Year (Full Year with College Credits)
carpediemeducation.org
No cash pay listed
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
Concordia International Volunteer Projects (UK)
concordia-iye.org.uk
No cash pay listed
Dynamy Internship Year
Dynamy (affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation)
$20,250–$38,650to join
Earthwatch research expedition
Earthwatch Institute
$2,000–$4,500to join
EF Gap Year
EF Education First
$43,750to join
EF Gap Year – The Global Gap Year
efgapyear.com
No cash pay listed
Essential TEFL Bangkok (Thailand teaching with TEFL certification)
essentialtefl.com
No cash pay listed
Frontier Volunteer and Gap Year Projects
The Society for Environmental Exploration (trading as Frontier)
No cash pay listed
Global Citizen Year (GCY) – Bridge Year
extracurricularhub.com
No cash pay listed
Global Vision International (GVI)
crbcnews.com
No cash pay listed
GVI
Global Vision International
$1,500–$3,500to join
HMI Gap
High Mountain Institute
$15,400–$21,000to join
IES Abroad – Language & Area Studies Semester (Sample: Barcelona)
iesabroad.org
No cash pay listed
IJGD (Germany) / UNA Exchange (UK) — Workcamp coalitions
ijgd.de
No cash pay listed
Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) – Career Programs
ice.edu
No cash pay listed
Instituto de Español – Antigua Guatemala Language Schools
salamander-travelschool.com
No cash pay listed
IVHQ – International Volunteer HQ
volunteerhq.org
No cash pay listed
IVHQ volunteer placement
International Volunteer HQ
$285–$864to join
Korean Language School (e.g., Sogang University KLEC, Yonsei KLI)
Unknown
No cash pay listed
Kroka Expeditions – Gap Year Semester
kroka.org
No cash pay listed
Kroka Expeditions Semester Programs (including tuition-free Full Circle Semester)
Kroka Expeditions
$0–$4,000to join
Latitudes Year
Carpe Diem Education
$25,800–$29,800to join
LDS mission
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
$12,000to join
Le Cordon Bleu – Short Culinary Courses
cordonbleu.edu
No cash pay listed
LeapYear (formerly LEAPNOW)
Naropa University (program absorbed from LEAPNOW: Transforming Education)
No cash pay listed
Leave No Trace Master Educator Course
lnt.org
No cash pay listed
Love Volunteers
Love Volunteers
$299–$2,000to join
Love Volunteers – International Volunteering
lovevolunteers.org
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
Maximo Nivel Volunteer Abroad
Maximo Nivel
$735–$1,815to join
Middlebury Language Schools – Immersion Intensives
middlebury.edu
No cash pay listed
Middlebury Language Schools Summer Immersion
Middlebury College
$6,750–$12,365to join
NOLS – Fall Semester in the Rockies
nols.edu
No cash pay listed
NOLS – Semester in East Africa
nols.edu
No cash pay listed
NOLS – Yellowstone Wilderness (Short Course, ages 18–22)
nols.edu
No cash pay listed
NOLS Semester in the Rockies
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
$15,630to join
NOLS Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
nols.edu
No cash pay listed
Operation Wallacea Research Expeditions
Operation Wallacea (Opwall)
No cash pay listed
Outward Bound Costa Rica / Panama semester
Outward Bound
$13,900–$18,500to join
Outward Bound USA – Semester / Gap Year Courses
outwardbound.org
No cash pay listed
Pacific Discovery Gap Year Semester
Pacific Discovery
$15,000–$20,000to join
PADI Divemaster Course
padi.com
No cash pay listed
Paid TEFL Internship Abroad (Asia)
premiertefl.com
No cash pay listed
Pendle Hill Quaker Study Center
pendlehill.org
No cash pay listed
Plan My Gap Year (PMGY)
Plan My Gap Year
$24–$27to join
Postgraduate (PG) year at a boarding school
Various U.S. independent boarding schools
$55,000–$75,000to join
Projects Abroad
Projects Abroad
$2,000to join
Projects Abroad – Gap Programs
projectsabroad.org
No cash pay listed
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
Take Action Lab (formerly Global Citizen Year Fellowship)
Tilting Futures (formerly Global Citizen Year)
$10,500–$21,000to join
TEFL Certificate Programs (as enabler for paid work abroad)
tefluk.com
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
Verto Education – Freshman Year Abroad
eathealthy365.com
No cash pay listed
Volunteers for Peace (VFP)
vfp.org
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
Where There Be Dragons (WTBD) – Gap Year/Semester
gapyearassociation.org
No cash pay listed
Winterline Global Education – Gap Year
gooverseas.com
No cash pay listed
Winterline Global Skills Program
Winterline Global Education
No cash pay listed
WWOOF Australia
wwoofaustralia.com
No cash pay listed
WWOOF Italy / France / Germany
help.wwoof.net
No cash pay listed
YWAM Discipleship Training School (DTS)
Youth With A Mission (independent local bases)
$6,335–$10,200to join