What type of financial support is available for students in the program?
Financial aid information is available from the IUP Financial Aid office. Assistantships, both in the Educational and School Psychology Department and elsewhere on campus, are available to full-time students on a competitive basis. The number of assistantships available varies from year to year. Assistantships, which require that the student work a certain number of hours per week, may cover part or all of the student's tuition and also provide a stipend.
Typically, 95 percent of students enrolled in the specialist program and 67 percent of students enrolled in the doctoral program receive financial aid. Through graduate assistantships, students are able to receive anywhere from $2,720 to $5,440 a year in addition to a waiver for nine to twelve credit hours. On average, students who receive a graduate assistantship work eight to 20 hours a week, depending upon the amount of financial aid received.
