<p>Does any college provide the scholarship for master degree where we don't have to pay the
semester fees and for the accommodation.</p>
<p>Many colleges provide tuition reimbursement and stipend in exchange for being TA or RA. Those usually go to PhD candidates, but for some majors it is not that hard to get this support while pursuing Masters.</p>
<p>It would depend on the school and the program. My son in law is just starting a masters program and receives 6 hours free tuition plus a stipend for being a TA. My daughter may (if she ever makes her mind up) start her masters in the spring and would receive free tuition and a slightly larger stipend for being an RA or TA. Between the 2 of them, the stipends would be enough to live on (frugally). They are both science majors. The accounting masters program at the same school also provides free tuition for RA/TAs, but its stipend is pathetic - less than a third of what the science programs provide.</p>
<p>Yes, the easiest programs to get tuition reimbursement and stipend are science and engineering. This is because there are not enough US students who want to go into those programs. This is why Engineering and Science graduate schools have so many international students. The stipend is not too much, but is absolutely liveable if someone lives frugally. The nice part of my package was that health insurance was absolutely free to me.</p>
<p>Oh yes, I forgot about that part. My SIL also gets medical insurance with his. My daughter is still on ours for now, but would get medical for free if she does decide to go ahead and go to grad school. (I wish she would just decide already!!)</p>
<p>I am finishing off an accounting degree myself and the department has been constantly asking me to do the masters program - they only offer $350 a month stipend - wouldn’t even cover gas to get there, certainly not worth me taking the time to be a TA. I probably would have been quite interested if the stipend was the same as my SIL gets.</p>
<p>A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria, which usually reflect the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award. Scholarship money is not required to be repaid.
Yes! but take advise from your friends also.</p>
<p>Look at schools that offer the degree program for which you are looking. Then look to see what they offer graduate students in terms of tuition scholarships, assistantships, living stipends, etc… Also whether these are offered to all students in the program or only to some.</p>
<p>I have my MFA in Theatre. The five schools where I was accepted all offered some scholarship and stipend in exchange for working as a TA. Four of the schools offered full tuition and a living stipend (about $10,000 - $12,000 a year at that time: 2000 to 2003). Two of the schools offered this assistantship to ALL graduate students in the program. </p>
<p>The school I ultimately chose to attend also offered an additional summer tuition scholarship, and assistantship to all graduate students in the program to work and study for 6 weeks at the professional theatre on campus, followed by 6 weeks studying in London with tuition, travel, and housing covered with a scholarship, plus a stipend paid to us for the 6 weeks we spent working on campus before going abroad. </p>
<p>I decided I would only apply to graduate programs that offered funding to students. There were many schools to which I did not apply because they did not offer assistantship packages. The trade off is that when you have an assistantship part of your time is spent teaching or offering some kind of support to the university… this cuts into your study time. But, if your assistantship is related to your field of study it can be part of the learning experience as well.</p>
<p>Assistantships in STEM fields might be more readily available, but I share my experience to point out that assistantships are also available in arts and humanities. </p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
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