For those in Grad School

[TripleAAA]

I just got a letter in the mail a couple days ago from Univ. of Kentucky stating that "due to my academic credentials", I was being given a Kentucky Graduate Scholarship which covers my out-of-state tuition costs (I'm from California).

This amounts to about $4k a semester. Furthermore, I didn't even apply for it or inquire about it....they just gave it to me.

For those in grad school though, is this typical? How much of your tuition is covered by scholarhips, grants, etc?

 

[Eeezee]

Hell, U of Arizona did that for me for undergrad. Some universities just offer you money if you are likely to succeed there.

From what I know, astronomy and physics grad schools either completely pay for all of your tuition or get you a job in the department and THEN pay for everything (so the job is a form of repayment).

 

[TheChort]

I was in grad school last year in chicago
<-----------CA resident

All 35K of my tuition was loans

 

[TripleAAA]

Interesting. The scholarship I got (see OP) is completely seperate from any assistantship that I might be getting. In other words, all of my tution might be payed AND I could possibly get a stipend each month as well.

 

[Darien]

I have a TAship and RAship. Each covers 8 units, but I can only get 12 units total covered. So tuition is not a problem, since each course is about 3 units, and taking more than 4 is insane. Stipend (after tax) comes out to about $1,700/month. Free health/dental insurance as well.

Thanks to the crappy housing situation in California, this $1,700 is barely enough to survive...

 

[Heisenberg]

All of my out-of-state tuiton is covered, almost all my health insurance, and I'm also a full RA. This is physics btw.

 

[AtlantaBob]

With a TA/RA position, all of it is covered (out-of-state and international, too), with about $1,400.00 a month in salary.

I'm in architecture.

What field are you going to UK for?

 

[TripleAAA]

Originally posted by: AtlantaBob
With a TA/RA position, all of it is covered (out-of-state and international, too), with about $1,400.00 a month in salary.

I'm in architecture.

What field are you going to UK for?

I'm in Kinesiology and Health Promotion.

 

[akodi]

Tuition + stipend + health care = paid for

it depends on the department you get into and the school, not to mention if you are a phd student or a masters.

 

[Anonemous]

Usually MA students don't get paid/tuition paid unless they get TA/RA ships (priority given to PhD students)
PhD students get stipend + tuition paid through their PIs or through TA/RA ships (in the science/engineering field at least)

now for the fields in humanities (English/History/etc), I wouldn't know.

 

[EpsiIon]

5-year MS student = $0 covered.

 

[Phlargo]

My first year of law school, they gave me $3500 per semester.

 

[Shiizu]

It's very common. I did not pay any tuition for my graduate degrees. Of course, some institutions have more available waivers or more students competing than others.

 

[TripleAAA]

It's weird. Until fairly recently (past year or so), I had never heard of most people being able to go through grad school with very little, if any, tuition costs involved.

Then a professor I had during my undergrad coursework mentioned I should look into the assistantships and that there are many opportunities for universities to pay your way.

 

[WhiteKnight]

When I did my masters, my tuition was covered 80% my first year and then 100% my second year. I started working for a lab the second year, but the first was just a freebie, health insurance included. It's typical, at least at the school I went to, Johns Hopkins, for PhD students to be covered in full, plus about $18k/year in stipend. All PhD students do research for a professor.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: TheChort
I was in grad school last year in chicago
<-----------CA resident

All 35K of my tuition was loans

same here, except for me its 35k A YEAR :roll:

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: Anonemous
Usually MA students don't get paid/tuition paid unless they get TA/RA ships (priority given to PhD students)
PhD students get stipend + tuition paid through their PIs or through TA/RA ships (in the science/engineering field at least)

now for the fields in humanities (English/History/etc), I wouldn't know.

It's roughly the same for the program I attend (clinical psych). Ph.D. students receive a tuition waiver and a stipend as part of their assistantship, which includes TA, RA, and practicum work.

 

[fitzov]

When I was in school all of the tuition was paid for but the stipends/work varied widely. It was difficult to determine exactly what one would get the next year. I would contact some of the grad students in your department and ask them (don't ask just one, you may get a biased view).

 

[Svnla]

My company paid for the whole thing for my MBA.

I had to make at least a B average for all my classes. Of course, you have to do so if you want to stay in the program, otherwise, they would kick you out.

 

[johnjbruin]

100% - work paid for it. Of course working FT while in school is a total b!tch.

 

[Albis]

wow grad tuition is only 4k a term?

mine is paid for because i teach an undergrad course

 

[TripleAAA]

Originally posted by: Albis
wow grad tuition is only 4k a term?

mine is paid for because i teach an undergrad course

Actually that is just the "out of state" portion of tuition. I am supposedly going to be offered some type of assistantship which may involve teaching an undergrad class. If this is the case, then perhaps all of my tuition would be covered.

 

[fizmeister]

If a graduate program wants you, then they give you money. If they don't, they don't really want you. You don't apply for anything extra.

For my PhD studies at Caltech, I have my tuition waived, health insurance paid, and a $25k/yr living stipend (a fellowship, so no teaching requirements).

From my department (math/applied math) and others (part. the sciences), I've noted that you either get full funding or no money at all. Nothing in between.

Though public schools might work differently, but I got the same offer from UCLA.

 

[mephiston5]

40% of the MBA

 

[SilentZero]

All of mine was