Scholarships for Graduate Students
Financial Assistance for Advanced Degree Seekers
In the throes of your grad studies, or just completed your baccalaureate degree and considering your options? Graduate students face a different array of obstacles than their undergraduate brethren, not the least of which is how to fund an advanced degree.
Most likely sources for graduate level scholarships include:
- Graduate schools
- Federal government
- Corporations
- Professional organizations/associations
Scholarships have become a standard component of undergraduate students’ college planning, and programs are plentiful. However, scholarships should be no less a critical factor in every grad student’s planning, as well.
Your Scholarship Search Strategy
How you search for scholarships as a grad student is quite different from the strategies employed by undergrads. Generic and general scholarships, both merit and need-based, are often designed for undergraduates, but are not suited to grad students.
Scholarships designed to fund students in particular fields of study are common to both undergrads and grads, alike. Large corporate sponsors and professional associations support their futures when they nurture the career tracks of talented grad students. Many have designed attractive scholarship awards for grad students studying in their specialty especially for those willing to commit to careers with specific companies.
Subject Specific Search for Grad Students
Perhaps the most efficient way to search for graduate student scholarships is through our subject-specific list of awards. Because grad students are typically immersed in a particular field of study, many scholarship programs are designed to solicit their attention in this way. Our A-Z list of fields of study include, but is not limited to:
- Architecture
- Business specialties, such as human resources, labor relations, and project management
- Law
- Math
- Psychiatry
- Teaching and specialties, such as administration and special education
Women and minority graduate students—African American, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American—have access to many lucrative awards, especially in relation to fields of study that have been traditionally dominated by white males.
Scholarship sources within this category often include corporations and professional associations.
Scholarship Coffers for Global Studies
Grad students are joining the growing ranks of students partaking in global education. Does your thesis require you go overseas for studies and/or research? Our study abroad scholarships are cataloged by destination. In many cases you will have to search through programs that offer funding for both undergrads and grads.
Search the web sphere for graduate scholarships with our Spam-Free Search Engine, no login or profile required. The search tool offers all the convenience and robustness of a Google generic search, but cuts out the spam and only returns the most exact matches to your search query.
