Funding & Financial Aid

The department offers financial aid on a competitive basis to full-time students. We encourage you to apply for this aid. Only full-time students may receive financial aid.

Types of Awards

Student Worker Awards provide a partial tuition scholarship and the opportunity to work as a teaching or graduate assistant for the department.

Taft Graduate Enhancement Fellowships may also be available for exceptional students. These awards, typically provided as a supplement to at Student Worker Award, provide support without any additional teaching or research assistant duties in the department.

Financial Aid Decision Process: Financial aid decisions are typically made in early March, so to be considered for financial aid you should have a complete application folder into our department by March 1. Notification will be sent to all accepted applicants requesting financial aid by April 1.

Special Note for International Students: The department does offer some financial aid to international students on a competitive basis. The international students who have entered our program have done well academically and have found competitive jobs with their degrees in a wide range of industries and organizations.

Other sources of support

Students are eligible for Taft Graduate Enrichment Awards. These awards support graduate students in Taft departments in research projects that will significantly advance their degree program. Individual or joint applications are accepted.

The Hewett-Kautz fund in the Department of Economics provides a limited amount of support to graduate students. The fund also provides money for the Valentine Award, a $1000 prize given to a graduate student who has performed exceptionally in the first year of the program.

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