Financing Your Graduate Education

Paying for graduate education is usually a major concern for most students considering an advanced degree. What most prospective graduate students usually do not realize, however, is that the out-of-pocket expenses necessary to finance a graduate education are typically much less than the out-of-pocket expenses associated with an undergraduate education. Unlike your undergraduate degree, there are more extensive financial resources available to you to help you earn a graduate degree. For example, you may be paid to be a teaching assistant to help teach undergraduate courses. This responsibility, while central to your graduate education and experience, is a position which pays you both a salary and, in some cases, pays most of your registration/educational fees.

As a basic primer to financing your graduate degree, you need to understand that there are four basic means to finance your education here at UCI, depending upon the kind of academic program in which you are interested. These four major sources are:

  Fellowships or Grants
  Teaching or Research Assistantships
  Need-based Financial Aid
  Personal Resources

You should also know the right financial questions to ask when choosing your university of choice.

To help you plan your budget for graduate study at UCI, please review the Current Fee and Tuition Schedule.

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