Financial Aid
Financial Aid and Awards
Full and part-time graduate students in Educational Students may apply for financial aid when they are seeking admission to a graduate program and may reapply every year for a maximum of three years. Additional support beyond the third year may be requested and subsequently awarded depending on availability. Graduate students are ineligible for financial aid from University funds if they 1) have accumulated more than 260 graduate credit hours (or 204 if their master's degree is from another institution) or 2) have more than two C grades or three or more incompletes (I), no grades (N and NG), or failing grades (F) on their graduate transcripts.
Application forms for University Graduate Scholarships and Graduate Assistantships will be sent to students after they have been officially accepted into a program. Application procedures for other types of financial aid are provided on the University web site. Types of financial aid include:
University Graduate Scholarship (UGS). The University Graduate Scholarship is for full- and part-time graduate students and includes partial tuition minus general and other fees for one to three academic terms and no services required.
Graduate Assistantship (GA). A Graduate Assistantship in Educational Studies is a work appointment for full-time graduate students that includes a living stipend, full tuition for three academic terms, and waiver of all fees. All GA appointments are for a period of one academic year (nine months) beginning September and terminating with the fulfillment of normal academic responsibilities for the Spring Quarter. Students must reapply for GA positions annually. Applications for the next academic year are to be submitted to the Division of Educational Studies and Leadership Office by February 15. Appointments will be made by the Division Head. An applicant must confirm in writing her/his acceptance of the award within 10 days of the date of the award letter. If acceptance of the award is not confirmed within this period of time, the offer will be withdrawn unless a specified extension has been granted by the Division Head. Appointment decisions will be based on the anticipated ability of the applicant to: 1) meet the programmatic needs associated with the specified position; and 2) gain professionally as an individual from the assistantship experience. Reappointment decisions also will be based upon an evaluation of the applicant's prior work-related performance as a graduate assistant. Job responsibilities associated with each assistantship are determined by the Division Head and include no more than 19 hours of work-related activities per week. The required academic load for Graduate Assistants is 12 credit hours per quarter. A maximum of 3 additional hours of credit may be taken with the specific approval of the academic advisor.
University Programs. The University offers several scholarships, fellowships, internships and special assistantships. For information, log on to financial aid on the UC Graduate School web site. The University Distinguished Graduate Fellowship is awarded to academically outstanding students coming to UC doctoral programs. It covers three years of graduate studies and includes a highly competitive, 12-month stipend plus a full tuition scholarship. Yates Fellowships and Scholarships provide tuition, scholarships and stipends for selected students. Advanced doctoral students may apply to a campus-wide competition for a Summer Research Fellowship that covers living expenses for two summer months. Students must be nominated by a graduate program to receive any of these awards except for the Summer Research Fellowship where they must be enrolled in a graduate program in order to apply.