<p>I've seen a lot of people on cc say that usually when you apply for master's you won't get funding. I asked a professor that and they said, if you're not funded, you're not doing something right, even for master's and he said that master's are usually funded as well. Are master's programs easier to get into than PHD?</p>
<p>Which discipline are we talking about?</p>
<p>Depends entirely on the field. Some disciplines offer funding to master’s students, others not so much. It also depends on the department. There’s no one answer.</p>
<p>But yes, it’s possible - I am a master’s student and hold an assistantship.</p>
<p>Engineering probably since he was an engineering professor, but it seems like he was just speaking about master’s in general</p>
<p>Professors can really only speak to their own field. English professors don’t know much about engineering programs, but engineering professors don’t know much about English programs either.</p>
<p>It’s much more common for students to get MS-level funding in the STEM fields, especially engineering. But for MA programs in the humanities, most social sciences, the arts, and professional programs, funding is uncommon. Sometimes it’s possible to get an assistantship of some sort, but it doesn’t mean you’ve done something wrong if you don’t get funding in one of these fields.</p>