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Prospective Graduate Student Financial Aid

Financial Aid Resources

PROSPECTIVE DOCTORAL STUDENTS:

Doctoral students, in almost all cases, will receive fully funded multi-year financial aid packages. All prospective doctoral students who are interested in School of Education or Rackham Graduate School aid must indicate that they want to receive aid from their department on their Rackham application. If you are interested in financial aid from the School of Education or the Rackham Graduate School, please answer yes to the item, ""Are you interested in financial assistance from your department?" on your Rackham application. Answering no to this item will make students ineligible for School of Education or Rackham Graduate School funding. Please note that prospective doctoral students do not complete School of Education or Rackham Graduate School financial aid application forms; eligibility for School of Education and Rackham Graduate School financial aid is determined from the Rackham admissions application.

Prospective doctoral students who want to be eligible for federal loans should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA):
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

PROSPECTIVE MASTERS STUDENTS:
All prospective masters students who are interested in School of Education or Rackham Graduate School aid must indicate that they want to receive aid from their department on their Rackham application. If you are interested in financial aid from the School of Education or Rackham Graduate School, please answer yes to the item, ""Are you interested in financial assistance from your department?" on your Rackham application. Answering no to this item will make students ineligible for School of Education or Rackham Graduate School funding. Please note that prospective masters students do not complete School of Education or Rackham Graduate School financial aid application forms; eligibility for School of Education and Rackham Graduate School financial aid is determined from the Rackham admissions application.

In addition, prospective masters students must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA):
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Students should submit their FAFSA by February 1 to receive full consideration for School of Education and Rackham Graduate School aid.

Please note that prospective masters students do not complete School of Education or Rackham Graduate School financial aid application forms; eligibility for School of Education and Rackham Graduate School financial aid is determined from the Rackham admissions application
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The Graduate Student Financial Aid Resources information is divided into four sections:

  1. School of Education resources
  2. Horace H. Rackham Graduate School resources
  3. University of Michigan Office of Financial Aid resources
  4. Miscellaneous resources

Each section gives a short description about the fellowship/award, eligibility, amount, and terms of award. Unless otherwise indicated, the application for admission to the Rackham Graduate SchoolThis link opens in a new window and all supporting documents of the application will be considered for the award listed. All new students in graduate programs in education will be considered for all appropriate awards.

***The 2008-09 Graduate Student Financial Aid Resources Guide is being updated and will be available in the near future.***

Fellowship Guidelines

Guidelines for Dean’s Scholars and Rackham Merit Fellows in the School of Education

Do you still have financial aid questions? If so, view the School of Education Frequently Asked QuestionsThis link opens in a new window.

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