Financial Support

Financial assistance to support graduate training in the department’s doctoral programs can be obtained in a number of ways. The Department funds all of its graduate students in the form of teaching or research assistantships. These assistantships also provide full tuition waivers.

Assistantship stipends are $17,500 for 9, regular fall and spring semester months, for students without a master’s degree. The stipend is $20,000 for students who have earned a master’s degree. In addition, individual faculty members with external funding offer research assistantships to support students working in their area. Much of the time these research assistantships provide additional summer pay on top of the aforementioned, 9-month stipends. The Department also provides graduate students with opportunities to teach or assist faculty with teaching undergraduate courses in the summer for additional summer pay.

Historically, all doctoral students desiring financial support are funded by the Department. Students are automatically considered for funding upon acceptance into the program, although early application to our program is encouraged to insure such financial aid consideration.

The Department of Psychology also applies for additional fellowships through a variety of university resources, such as the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences. These fellowships typically translate into an additional $5000 of funding per year, up to 5 years, on top of the regular graduate assistantship stipends and full tuition waiver mentioned above. In recent years, the Department has been successful in obtaining two to three fellowships for each year of newly admitted graduate students.

The Department of Psychology also provides some financial support for travel to professional conferences for students presenting their research. These funds can be supplemented with additional funds from other university sources, such as the Graduate College.