Funding for Masters CS/Comp Engr

[dxfizzle]

I've been looking at different grad schools for funding for masters students but nothing seems to look favorable. I know PhD students are better funded but I'd like to know which schools consider funding for masters student. I'd like more details about schools like MIT, CMU, UC Berkeley, Cornell, GaTech or any of the top 20 CS schools. But any other info about any other schools will be really appreciated provided they offer some sort of financial aid.

 

Thanks for your help 

[DFitz]

Look into Princeton and UMich. Other top masters programs are typically money-makers for the universities and offer little to no funding. Those two are the only two that offer funding that I know of ... but I didn't spend a lot of time researching this when I applied so others please feel free to weigh in.

[hvasilev]

The Canadian ones are pretty famous for giving funding to MS students.

[ironmaiden]

From personal experience, many GaTech MS students get funding as research assistants either doing CS research with professors of interest, or working as developers in other departments on campus e.g web or GIS developers for civil engineering and transportation.

 

The trick is having a solid profile and picking the right professors and getting to know them personally early on. Good luck

[Adamah]

Canadian masters programs will guarantee you funding.

Almost all CMU Robotics MS students receive funding after the first semester. I'm not sure about the CS Masters though.

Stanford has opportunities for funding (including full tuition+stipend for TAing) but these almost always go to Stanford undergrads because they've taken the courses already.

I suggest contacting the school and asking directly how many students received funding the previous year. Schools that offer funding usually don't advertise it because they don't want you to drop out if you don't get it.