Pay for School: An Overview Finding money for graduate school is more challenging than finding it for college, but it is out there. Opportunities exist in an array of forms, including coveted teaching assistantships that can help slash your tuition bill. Want your share? Think about what you do well, and make sure prospective programs know about it. Just like in the application process, you need to compete to get ahead. |
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What You Can Do From Here:
Stay on Top of Your Financial Aid Search
The number one thing you can do to ensure that you get the aid you need is to start your search as early as possible.
Free Money Factors
Knowing how the system works enables you to work more effectively within it.
- Most programs give funding priority to doctoral candidates.
- More aid is earmarked for academic programs. The idea is that professional students will be better able to pay off loans.
- Master's students in the sciences and engineering tend to be the best funded.
- Full-time students receive more aid than part-timers.
- Many people use employee allowances to fund part-time graduate education.
- Private programs often give more aid, but the public ones usually cost a lot less.
- In-state students at public universities pay less tuition than out-of-state students.
Financial Aid Tip
You don't have to have children to get a PLUS loan to help pay for school. As a graduate student, you can qualify for a PLUS loan on your own.
