<p>Eh3322, a funded MA program is one that provides financial assistance to its students, through tuition waivers, stipends, and/or TAships. These days, it’s rare to get full assistance at the MA level, but funded programs take away some of the sting. </p>
<p>For Linguistics/Computer Science, you should look into a fully funded PhD program (that is, they pay for everything, plus give you a stipend for living expenses) or, alternately, find a job with a company that will pay for you to get your master’s degree in that field. </p>
<p>But it sounds as though you haven’t even started your undergraduate education yet. It’s far too early to look into paying for grad school.</p>