i have applied for MSE in Aerospace Engineering programs in various good ranking schools and I am still waiting for the majority of my offers. So far, there have been no funding offers which I am not greatly surprised with, because I come from a very low reputation international school and i want to switch to research different that what I did for my undergrad.
Thing is tuition and all the expenses at Purdue for example go up around 45k$ per year all included. Which considering the program is a 2-year one, its a hell lot of money for someone to invest. I also doubt I have it to be honest.
Because I assume the rest of my offers will also be unfunded, I want to ask what are generally the chances of securing some kind of funding (probably in the way of an RA, since I want to continue with Phd after). I have the ability to support myself for the first semester, but what happens next? What are the chances that professors will actually be helpful when u start knocking doors? I know it is a great program with good reputation etc but at least securing the tuition somehow seems quite necessary.