Scholarships/Assistantships

[justwondering12]

Hello everyone, 

I am planning to apply for the 14-15 cycle. I want to know if anyone is willing to share which schools gave them a lot of money. I know this might depend on the background/application, but I just want to have an "idea" of what schools are generous with money.

My question is: Is there anyone here who got full rides (tuition and room/board) to grad school for Speech Pathology? (Please keep in mind I'm talking about masters degree applicants). Which schools offered you full rides?

Did anyone get full tuition covered? What schools offer you full tuition?

Also, if a school offers a "graduate assistantship" - does this mean the school is waiving tuition and giving you a job as a graduate assistant?

You don't have to post your stats, although you can if you want to. I'm more interested in the names of the schools who offer these big scholarships. I just want to get an idea of which schools are the most generous with regards to scholarships/money so that I can modify my list of schools. 

 

If you can provide any info, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks. 

 

[Tuck]

Vanderbilt offers tuition remission to some applicants; the awards are 25%-75%. I saw some folks were offered scholarsips at Eastern Carolina University (I think - kcald, can you confirm?) and at Baylor. You could try digging through the results forum.

[maggiebSLP]

I was offered a graduate assistantship at Indiana U. I was initially waitlisted for funding, so I guess the first choice candidate decided to go elsewhere. The assistantship covers 30 credits for the 2013-2014 year and gives a stipend. I will be committing 12-13 hours a week to whatever work I get assigned to (haven't found out yet!). I was astonished that I was offered this position, considering I am not in the PhD program and my background is not speech!! My overall GPA was a 3.93, and my major GPA (psych) was something like a 3.9. 162V/160Q, minor in cognitive science with a linguistics focus, lots of research experience. Hope this helps

[katieliz456]

I think that this year may have been a bit atypical because of the federal budget "sequester" stuff.  From the little information I've heard, it seems like a lot of the national funding organizations that provide research grants basically suspended funding (at least until the budget stuff got sorted out).   Departments had to re-allocate some money and gave first priority to PhDs.  I think one reason I was offered money from Baylor is that they don't have a doctoral program, so they weren't as affected by the budget cuts.

 

Some schools offer assistantships when they admit you, and others wait until you show up on campus, then have you apply (similar to work-study).  The wages I've seen range from $10-20/hour, and between 5-20 hours/week.  Keep in mind that schools with undergrad SLP/CSD programs may have more opportunities for TAs, and schools without PhD programs will have greater need for RAs.  (For example, UNC-CH doesn't offer much funding because they give all RA positions to PhD students, and they don't offer an undergrad program so they don't have much need for TAs.)

[justwondering12]

Thanks for your responses. 

 

MaggiebSLP - is your scholarship renewable every year?

 

Katieliz456 - I noticed that you got a lot of money from Baylor. Is that 38K you got for each year you are in the program? Do you still have to pay anything left?

 

Tuck - thanks for your suggestion, I'll try looking through that thread. (It's just so long!!). I saw on Vandy's website that they gave 25 - 100% tuition? I wonder if anyone got 100% of funding?

[maggiebSLP]

Yep, it's renewable, provided I maintain my GPA and complete the work that is required of me!

[katieliz456]

Katieliz456 - I noticed that you got a lot of money from Baylor. Is that 38K you got for each year you are in the program? Do you still have to pay anything left?

Baylor's program is only 4 semesters, so it's 38k total.  I will end up paying a few thousand out of pocket each semester, but it's not too bad! I also have a GA-ship for the Fall/Spring semesters, and that pays about $12/hr for 10 hours/week.

 

also consider the cost of living for the schools you're applying to! 

[SLPtoBEweee]

I got a Graduate Assistantship at University of Tulsa.  It covers all my tuition and gives me a stipend of $12K the first year and $7K the second year.  I have to work in the department 20 hours a week for the first 3 (out of 4) semesters, which is definitely worth it to me!  It also covers health insurance for the whole time.  I think some private schools are in a much better place to offer funding like this.  You probably won't see anything this great at a public school. 

 

I also go an offer for a grant and work study (as well as a scholarship to waive out-of-state tuition) at UT-Dallas.  Oddly enough, that was the only school that I got any kind of grant from..... I think kcald is right about the federal funding this year.  It's odd to me becaues I applied to two Texas public schools and got a TPEG grant at one and not the other (TPEG grants are based on availability and need, so it seems like since I sent my FAFSA to both schools at the same time, I would likely get the same kind of offer for this at both.... but I guess not!).

 

Hope this helps   If you can handle the idea of living in Tulsa, I think TU is often great about these assistantships.  Not everyone gets one, but if you do, it's a great deal!!

Good luck!

Edited May 8, 2013 by SLPtoBEweee

[queenleblanc]

I think East Carolina University does offer some scholarships - minimum 3.3 from undergrad to qualify and apply; since my UG days were a long time ago, my GPA doesn't compare to this year's graduates, so I wasn't eligible.   They do offer some GA-ships and a research thesis grant for those who are selected from the on-campus students, but none for the distance ed program.  

[queenleblanc]

Western Carolina offers GA's and scholarships about a week after you are accepted -- I was offered GA plus tuition remission plus an additional $1000 / semester scholarship -- all if I filled out the applications of course -- but from the dept's letter it sounded like only two or three people were selected to apply and they had funding for me if I wanted it.  I know I would have loved having the financial support for school, but we already own a house somewhere else, and with the housing market, we knew we couldn't sell in time to make WCU happen.  

[queenleblanc]

Oh -- and as far as the $ amount for GA-ships : It depends on the school.  If I get the GA position I want at ECU, I can get up to $4k per semester, which is applied directly to my student account.  If I got the GA position at Western Carolina, it came with tuition remission (probably $8-$12k per year in total).  So, check out each university where you apply to see what the GA positions pay.  

 

Best of luck!!! 

[Saila09]

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