Fin aid in grad school

sybbie719
Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:00:09 +0000

None is a little off in his/her assessment. With the exception of PhD programs there is very little financial aid for Masters programs out side of loans (your stafford loan limits increases to 20K per year however keep in mind that there are still stafford loan caps which also still take into consideration undergrad stafford debt).

Even in grad school (unless there you are going into a fully funded PhD) there is still a need based component to financial aid. Still most of the financial aid will come in the form of loans.

Another option is that depending on who you work for once you graduate undergrad, many companies offer tuition remission or tuition rembursement. So if your company may end up picking up the cost for part or all of your grad school expense (you will just be working full time and balancing grad school)