Is a four year funding package common?

[Ambigiousbuthopeful]

Is it common for grad-students in the humanities/social sciences to be offered 4 years of guaranteed funding (as opposed to a 5 year package) simply because they enter the programme with a Masters? 

[peternewman89]

Can't say anything about common, but I'll be starting a Political Science program and have a full 5 years of funding, not coming in with a masters or anything.  I talked with the other people offered admission and everyone, masters or not, had the same funding offer.

[rising_star]

In my field, pretty much everyone enters the Ph.D. with a MA (there are like 3 departments that are exceptions to this) and PhD funding packages are 4 years.

[Ambigiousbuthopeful]

Well, thanks..I checked with current students at my department and POI and it seems to pretty standard, so i'm not going to worry about it right now.