Originally posted by: Leros
Still. I plan on going to graduate school for engineering. From what I'm hearing, a good portion of students get funded (tuition paid plus a little extra living money).
Grad school is not really the same as law school.
Law school, like business school, is considered "professional school". They expect that you're attending in order to get into a certain profession. Fees aren't really subsidized, since many graduates who work in the fields can afford to pay once they graduate.
For grad school, the expectation is that the coursework offered is less geared toward 'how to do something' and more geared toward how to advance the field. Professional schools usually do not require a thesis or dissertation, whereas grad school considers them to be an integral part of your education.
Grad school funding is more readily available than professional school funding since, even if you NEVER do anything in your field again, your thesis or dissertation should have contributed to your field enough to have been worth the money.
At least, that's my take on the matter.