<p>Upon researching top Graduate Institutions It became very apparent that all the top Grad Schools are at least 40k a year (some reaching 60k).
After digging a bit deeper I read that a lot of schools fully fund graduate students and some even give money for food and other living expenses in exchange for work for the school.</p>
<p>Plain and simple, is it logical to assume that I will not have to shell out 200k+ for Grad School?<br>
Is the financial assistance only a privilege for certain students?
Is parcial funding more attainable (and logical) then full?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>What area of study will you be pursuing? Most STEM type PhD’s have tuition waivers and stipends offered for TA or RA positions. Limited MS programs offer funding. You can browse this forum for much past discussion of this topic.</p>
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If you do, then you are a fool. Plain and simple.</p>
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Depends on the field. In engineering and the hard sciences, most-to-all PhD students and some-to-most masters students will have assistance. In the humanities and soft sciences, things are a little more sparse, and a masters student will be darned fortunate to have a degree at all, although they still try to fund PhD’s.</p>
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For a masters degree, yes. I would say that PhD candidates are more likely to be fully funded than partially. Bear in mind that stipends (the part beyond the tuition) can vary tremendously, and that in-state schools will often only cover the in-state portion of tuition in poorer departments.</p>
<p>I am looking in to the field of doctorate evolution, or clinical Psychology.</p>
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<p>I only have one data point, but the one I was admitted to covered out of state tuition for the first year and required you to file for state residency by your second year. You can usually get residency since you’ll be self-supporting with a salary.</p>
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It depends a bit on the precise field in which you are studying evolution, some will be well supported, others perhaps not so much. As far as clinical psychology… I think that might fall under the umbrella of “professional not research degrees” in which case funding is all but non-existent. But I am not sure about that, I know there are people on here more knowledgeable about that field than I, and it seems to me that field is either unfunded or almost ENTIRELY NIH-funded…</p>
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Varies dramatically by state. In Illinois, anyone moving to the state for educational purposes is at least nominally prohibited from claiming residency. You have to demonstrate some greater attachment to the state before they will grant it.</p>
<p>Clinical psychology PhDs are typically fully funded, but that’s because they are research degrees. Although you do get professional licensing to practice psychology, these programs are scientist-practitioner programs and they will expect you to do research and write a dissertation. In fact, many clinical psychology programs are actually clinical science programs, and they focus more on the science of mental health and treating it than on actually training students to practice (although they do that, too).</p>
<p>[PCSAS</a> - Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System](<a href=“http://www.pcsas.org/]PCSAS”>http://www.pcsas.org/)</p>
<p>A program must be APA-accredited in order for you to get an internship an licensure to practice as a clinical psychologist, though, so be sure that any program you go to is APA-accredited.</p>
<p>[Accredited</a> Programs in Clinical Psychology](<a href=“http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/programs/clinical.aspx]Accredited”>APA-Accredited Programs)</p>
<p>Both kinds (scientist-practitioner and clinical science) are typically funded programs, and won’t put you in debt. In fact, if you get an offer from one of the few unfunded programs, don’t take it. They’re not entirely NIH-funded, either. Sometimes the funding comes directly from the graduate school; if it’s clinical science, the NSF funds that as well.</p>
<p>Clinical psychology PsyD programs are professional programs, and they are not funded.</p>
<p>Evolutionary psychology PhD programs should also be fully funded.</p>
<p>As a general rule, it is not worth shelling out significant amounts of money for non-professional grad school.</p>