Do grad students usually get their tuition paid for?

[dredg]

I'm currently in my second year of undergrad and I would like to go to grad school. In your experience, what are the general requirements for getting full tuition paid during grad school?

 

[MrDingleDangle]

if you are PhD you normally get paid for...masters it depends on your school and work

I got 1 of 2 years paid for during my masters

 

[flashbacck]

Depends on what department and what school. The sciences usually have more money and you'll probably get registration/tuition paid for. Humanities, not so sure.

edit: and yeah, like Dingle says, Masters or PhD. Law/Business/Medical probably not unless you can get a scholarship.

 

[MegaWorks]

I think PhD only, not so sure.

 

[MisterYu]

A good way of covering your advanced degree is by getting your employer to pay. My company is footing the tab for my masters in EE via fellowship. To be considered, all I had to submit was an application and 3 letters of req.

 

[amdskip]

Most grad's have jobs on our campus and some are TA's which pays the tuition for you.

 

[Anubis]

i have friends that are currently in masters programs, they are paying for it with loans, so im gonna say NO

 

[vegetation]

Depends on your degree. As mentioned, scientific/engineering type programs normally guarantee the student some type of waiver through research or teaching undergrad courses. Social sciences and humanities are somewhere in between. Business/Law very rare but it's still possible.

 

[alm4rr]

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[dredg]

What do GRA and GR mean?

 

[jagec]

paid for plus a living stipend, if you're a good student and you TA. Maybe not for liberal arts majors, though

 

[TuxDave]

They paid my tuition but they couldn't afford paying the non-resident fee (the fee ~$7000/semester that comes from not being a resident of California). Once I established residency, everything was free.

 

[cronos]

the funding could come from scholarship, fellowship, assistantship (research, teaching, project) or others. for graduate assistantship there is no guarantee whatsoever, it's really just like having a job and keeping it for the rest of your study. if you lost your job, you lost your support, and you will have to pay tuition.

it's true that most graduate students don't pay tuition, but i know people who are Masters and Ph.D. students and had a couple months/a semester lapse in their assistantship so they had to pay tuition from their own pocket.

 

[Winchester]

Nope, and you still have to pay all the damn fees for things you CANT use because you will be so fricken busy.

 

[Kibbo]

Up here in Canada, if you work as a TA, you get tuition waived and a small stipend to live on. And those jobs are easy to get.

 

[Zebo]

Depends how lucky/ Good? you are. I made $1800 a month as a research assist plus got tutiton paid. Most however, arn't so lucky and get either a grad assist which is about $800 mo plus tutition or much much less. Get to know someone with money coming in. Science and engineering has better research slots since they have money/grants. Some profs are better than others.

 

[Svnla]

My former company paid 100% for my MBA. The only requirements were I have to took classes that were work related and I have to make B average or better. That's it.

I am thinking about going back for another BS in Finance, my current company will pay for it too. That's one of the good thing about working for Fortune 500 companies.

 

[alm4rr]

Originally posted by: dredg
What do GRA and GR mean?

graduate research assistant
or
graduate teaching assistant