What About UConn?

[SnowKat]

I see that UConn offers a full ride to everyone admitted to their HESA program. Also, you get an on-campus job that pays about $20K, and your class would have only about 16 students. I've only seen one reference to it in the results database, referring to 18 applicants being admitted out of 180. That's more than competitive! Anyone have any info on UConn?

Edited September 3, 2011 by SnowKat

[ZeChocMoose]

I can offer what I know about this program. Granted my info is about 5+ years old so things may have changed. In my application cycle, they invited about 40 people to campus primarily to interview for assistantships and learn more about the program. The people who secured assistantships, then were admitted to the program. I can't remember how many people it was, but 18 people or so makes sense. The stipend of 20K seems a bit high esp since it is not an area that has a high cost of living. I think our assistantship stipends were around 15K or so but it might have been lower.

I ended up not attending UConn because the program fit was not there, but it seemed like a decent program. They had also just revamped the program and I wasn't too keen on being a member of the first class under this new program. In general, I haven't met any graduates of the program working in higher ed. This could be for a lot of reasons though esp since it is a newish program with a small cohort size and I don't work in student affairs which seems to be the emphasis of the program.

I would also say there are a fair amount of programs that fund their master's students. I don't know where you hope to get your first job, but you might want to take that into consideration as well.