| Funding for Graduate School | How can Career Services help? |
There are two basic types of financial aid: Need-based (determined by financial need) and Merit-based (determined by performance or achievement). Sources of aid include loans (which need to be repaid), Grants, Scholarships, & Fellowships (which generally do not need to be repaid), and Tuition-remission programs. The majority of funding comes from government sources and individual institutions. External sources of aid include private industry and local/national organizations/agencies. The University at Albany's Financial Aid page describes this in more detail. Be sure to check with individual institutions for additional scholarship or assistantship (i.e., research, teaching, & Resident Director) opportunities. The following sections contain a listing of web resources links as well as library resources housed at Career Services to assist you.
 FastWeb -
Free scholarship and college searches, & financial aid tools |
FinAid.org -
Provides several useful links to fellowships, scholarships and grants |
| College Financial Aid Offices - A list of direct links to various colleges’ financial aid offices provided by Yahoo! |
CollegeNet - In addition to ability to apply to colleges online, contains Mach25 Free $Billion Scholarship Search |
| ScholarAid -
The world’s largest and most comprehensive online scholarship search service. (Requires username & password.) |
New York State Higher Education Corporation - Contains resources for funding college. |
| United States Department of Education - See Funding Opportunities and Student Financial Assistance sections |
Sallie Mae Online Scholarships Service - Sponsored by the financial services corporation that specializes in funding education. |
Career Services Library Resources
Astor, Bart. Official Guide to Financing Your MBA (2nd edition). Graduate Management Admission Council.McWade, Patricia. Financing Graduate School.
Peterson's Guides. Scholarship Almanac 2000.
Student Financial Services. Financial Aid Book: The Insider's Guide to Private Scholarships, Grants, and Fellowships.
Scholarship & Fellowship Binders at Career Services!!!
Get your Personal Statement critiqued during Drop-in hours
View our presentation on Graduate School
Learn how to set up Reference Files
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