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Financial Assistance

Financial assistance is available through various forms of grants, loans, or employment. M.A. students are welcome to apply for teaching and research assistantships. Each year, several M.A. students receive such support. However, Ph.D. students receive priority, and the stipends for M.A. students are lower than for Ph.D. students. M.A. students usually do not receive tuition remission for assistantships other than grant-paid Graduate Research Assistantships.

Funding is also available for eligible students in the School Psychology Training Program through positions in the Center for Cognitive Development (CCD). Students may apply for two options: First, there are several positions in the Gifted and Talented (GT) assessment program and second graduate research positions in the CCD may be available. These positions include partial tuition remission and a stipend on the M.A. scale. Students wishing to apply for one of these positions should indicate that they wish to be considered for an assistantship position on their admissions form. Further information will be available during the interview.

The University also maintains an emergency tuition assistance fund for graduate students who are unable to pay their tuition due to unforeseen financial problems.

For more information please visit the GMU Financial Aid website at http://apollo.gmu.edu/finaid/.