Financial Aid for Film/Cinema/Media MA Programs

[Jtorres]

I applied to UCLA, USC, AND NYU for their Fall 2011 MA Cinema Studies programs and was wondering if anyone had any advice on where to search for additional sources of financial aid beyond the FAFSA application as this is my first time applying to graduate school.

[Dr._Robotnik's_Shadow]

I applied to UCLA, USC, AND NYU for their Fall 2011 MA Cinema Studies programs and was wondering if anyone had any advice on where to search for additional sources of financial aid beyond the FAFSA application as this is my first time applying to graduate school.

It's near impossible to get funding for an MA in our field. I got an MA from NYU and the loan payments burn but I finally just got into KU's Phd in film with full funding etc. Go to a cheap MA program and then up one by going to a great PhD in film and get funded. An MA isn't terminal (usually) so don't stop there. Go for the PhD.