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How Do I Pay for Grad School?
Can You Afford to go to Graduate School?
What will it cost me?
Students who apply to public institutions for graduate and professional degrees are often stunned to find out how much more expensive post-baccalaureate education is than undergraduate education. As a rule of thumb, you will pay twice as much in tuition for a graduate or professional degree compared to the undergraduate tuition at the same institution.
Where do I begin?
A good place to start is completing the FAFSA online application. Most graduate schools use it to determine everything from loans to fellowships to teaching assistantships. Since each graduate program will have its own fund for granting assistance, call or visit the program website to determine what loans or fellowships may be available. The US News & World Report also has an excellent page for finding loans, scholarships, and grants for graduate school.
Can I expect funding?
Typically, funding has a lot to do with whether you are considering a PhD or Master's Degree, whether you are thinking about a graduate program or a professional program. The difference between PhD and Master's program is that most PhD programs provide substantial funding, while very few Masters programs do. Obviously, there are exceptions to this, but they are rare.
Scholarship & Fellowship Links
- AACC Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program
http://www.aaccnet.org/membership/foundation/awards/Pages/GraduateProgram.aspx
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)
http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/
- Academy for Educational Development Fellowships (Now FHI 360)
http://www.fhi360.org/careers/fellowship-opportunities
- American Sociological Association Graduate Funding
http://www.asanet.org/career-center/grants-and-fellowships
- Arkansas Scholarship Connection
http://www.collegescholarships.com/local/arkansas-scholarships
- Art, Film, Writing Scholarships/Competitions List
- Biological Sciences Funding Support
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503651
- Burger King Scholarship Program
https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/burgerkingscholars/
- California Student Aid Commission
- Cal Grant Teaching Credential Program
https://www.csac.ca.gov/post/request-cal-grant-teaching-credential-program-benefits
- College Board Scholarship Search
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search
- Data Science Fellowship Program
http://www.thedataincubator.com/
- Development Fund for Black Students in Science Scholarship
http://www.dfbsstscholarship.org/
- The Gates Millennium Scholarships
- Graduate Fellows for Minorities and Women in the Physical Sciences
- Gateways to US Government Grants/Money
https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants
- GEM Fellowship Program
http://www.gemfellowship.org/students/gem-fellowship-program/rules-and-requirements/
- Government Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, and Internships
- Graduate Scholarships in Engineering
- Hudson River Graduate Fellows
- Multiple List of Minority Scholarships
- National Security Education Program Graduate International Fellowships
http://www.nsep.gov/content/initiatives
- Research Program for Women & Minorities Underrepresented in the Sciences
http://www.spo.berkeley.edu/fund/womenminority.html
- Scholarships and Financial Aid for Minorities and Women
- Sports Scholarships and Internships
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/ncaa-scholarships-and-grants
- State Farm Insurance Achievement Scholarships
- Target Scholarships
http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/companies/target.htm
- Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
- United Negro College Fund Merck Science Initiative
https://www.uncf.org/scholarships
- United States Institute of Peace
https://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships
- William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Students