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Financial Aid in the US for Graduate Education

The information for local graduate students is similar to that for local undergraduate students. Various forms of scholarships, assistantships, tuition fee relief, and loan programs are available though colleges, government and private institutions. Research and teaching assistantships often accompany a partial or total tuition fee waiver as well. The awarding criteria for financial aid may be needs-based, merit-based, or both. State colleges and universities (i.e. state funded) typically offer reduced tuition fees for in-state students. You should research financial aid opportunities with colleges of choice, various governmental agencies at federal, state and local levels, and private institutions.

International students can obtain research and/or teaching assistantship for financial support. The availability of such assistantships is rather limited and, therefore, extremely competitive. Assistantships, however limited, are more readily available for engineering and computer science programs. As noted above, assistantships often accompany partial or total tuition fee waiver. International students are not eligible for loans or funding from governmental agencies.

Since many university professors have research grants, it might benefit the prospective graduate student to communicate directly with professor who could or would supervise their dissertation/thesis. Dissertation/thesis supervisors can and do offer research assistantships from their research grant.

Source:www.imahal.com

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