<p>Hello Everyone,</p>
<p>Has anyone heard of any masters programs in Psychology giving students superb financial assistance? I know that aid varies by candidate, but I was wondering if some masters programs offer full tuition waivers or something comparable to students or is this kind of assistance limited to doctoral candidates?</p>
<p>This isn’t 100%, but I’m pretty sure that most programs don’t like giving out money to Masters candidates, no matter what field you’re studying.</p>
<p>You could try to get a third-party to help pay for the degree (fellowship, job, etc).</p>
<p>Yes, I have heard of it happening at a nearby school.
Some schools give a tuition remission for masters students who do TA jobs
That also gets one enough pay to live on, barely ($1000+ monthly)
So, yes it can happen.
I am not sure if it is only schools which don’t go beyond the master’s level so therefore don’t have PhDs or not, but it can be done.
Another helpful option is to do your FAFSA early (Jan/Feb) in case the school offers work study, you could get over $5k for that and have the master’s adviser prof hire you in his or her lab.</p>
<p>My son got a little help at his grad school, but should have accepted and asked for assistantships earlier. They had fund cutting but the “early bird” gets the job many times.
He did file the Fafsa early and received a small grant and work study. Money for MA degrees isn’t as abundant as PhD but a little detective work is needed, they don’t advertise it. I remember Univ of Deleware had masters in Psych with funding and some in Texas, I know there must be many more.</p>
<p>You can find funded master’s programs - I was offered full funding packages by two top-40 public universities and ended up accepting a research assistantship at Indiana University.</p>
<p>It’s not as lucrative a package as a Ph.D student would get in my field, but 100% tuition remission, an $11,000 stipend and health insurance sure beats a kick in the pants. I will probably have to borrow a little bit to live more comfortably, but with summer job earnings, that amount should be minimal.</p>