<p>out of curiosity, does the UC system offer any financial aid to terminal MA students.. I know a lot of the aid goes to those in Phd programs, but do people NOT in phd programs get anything?</p>
<p>if so does it cover the cost of dorms on campus ? or is it JUST tuition. </p>
<p>I know cal states don't cover dorms, but they cover tuition costs for the most part (except books) unless there is a large price hike. but that it varies from system to system.</p>
<p>i know uc's are about 10,000 a year or more, and dorming there is even more $$$. </p>
<p>do they cover price hikes if you do get aid? Or is all based on GRE scores and if you are in a phd program?</p>
<p>Grad school funding is very different from undergrad. Most funding does not come from the university, but from one’s major department/degree program. Some programs (mostly in STEM fields) have plenty of funding to distribute to their students; many other programs don’t. Some engineering programs will fund terminal MS students; some won’t. It depends on the school.</p>
<p>Grad school funding is almost entirely merit-based, with the department funding students preferentially based upon their desirability.</p>
<p>Grad funding runs the gamut, depending on the department and the amount of its available funds. You could be offered nothing, a few hundred $ or full tuition plus a living expenses stipend. ( I know of cases where the stipend is as high as $30,000/year). </p>
<p>COL increases are not a factor in funding calculations, nor are tuition increases factored in. (Because basically you either get a full or fixed percentage of your tuition remitted or you’re full pay.) </p>
<p>For many master’s programs the only available FA will be unsubsidized graduate stafford loans. (For those, the COA with any increase in dorm or tuition will results in the student being certified to receive larger loans to cover the increased costs.)</p>
<p>Echoing the above, you need to check with each program you’re interested in. Funding availability is widely variable, even between programs in the same department.</p>
<p>It is possible to find funding for a master’s - at least the first year of my program at IU is covered through a research assistantship. Build relationships with professors and try to find a champion who will argue for you in the divvying-up process.</p>
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<p>Huh? Few Master’s programs have money in California. And when they do, it is specialized programs: Teaching credential, foreign language in DoD areas of interest…), or one-off scholarships, i.e., one per major.</p>
<p>Each school/program is different…even for PhDs. Not all have funding or full funding. Some have no funding.</p>
<p>We just went thru this with son and PhD programs. We noticed that some schools didn’t offer funding for masters for his area of study (math). Some didn’t offer anything for masters or PhD for certain areas of study. </p>
<p>I remember my son finding some website that showed how much debt each grad student ended up with in regards to school/area of study. </p>
<p>Another thing…funding also seemed to be available in areas where the grad student would be doing some “work”…grading papers, helping in labs, even teaching courses. </p>
<p>Also, some areas of study have companies underwriting the costs for grad students. </p>
<p>What area of study are you asking about?</p>
<p>liberal arts… not hard sciences or mathematics, etc…</p>
<p>i think liberal arts programs are pretty screwed… :0!</p>