Is there financial aid available?

Funding is in the form of grants in the early years and teaching or research fellowships in later years. All admitted students are offered a funding package consisting of up to six years of full tuition, three years of living stipend, and two years of teaching eligibility (which provides a similar level of living support). Additional teaching is typically available in the sixth year. Both foreign and U.S. applicants are eligible for this financial package.

Because funds are limited, applicants are urged to apply for any outside fellowships they may be eligible for. NSF graduate fellowships and those from the Department of Defense are examples of national fellowship competitions open to U.S. citizens. There are also the Ford Foundation Fellowships, available specifically for URM scholars. Receiving an outside fellowship may allow you to have a higher stipend, to decrease your teaching commitment or to have an additional year to complete your degree. Receiving an outside fellowship is also a professional honor that will help you in applying for jobs after graduate school.