Scholarship and Grant Support

March 21, 2022 9:49 AM

I am about to re-enter college this summer to get my masters in Psychology. I want to make sure that I cover all possibilities for grants and scholarship available for those not only pursuing the major, but for those who are 55 yo + returning to study for a second career. As of now, I have little time to do research. Are there individuals or non-profits who do this sort of work and help steer me in all necessary directions?
posted by goalyeehah to Education (1 answer total)

This is not my field or area of expertise, but since no one else has answered I'll say that I would be very wary of programs that don't fund admitted students with TAships that provide tuition remission. This probably won't be true for counseling programs, which train you to be a therapist. But for a psychology program, not a counseling / therapy program, you should reasonably expect to apply this fall and be admitted, or rejected/waitlisted, in the spring of next year with funding. Programs that accept applicants several months before classes begin aren't the kinds of programs that fund, and they're often not especially reputable, either.

That doesn't mean that there won't be some career or personal benefit to you for a degree at one of them (particularly if your employer is paying tuition, which is more common in these types of programs), but if you'll pardon my saying it, the question you're asking seems a little underinformed for decision as large as graduate school and the potential debt it can saddle you with.
posted by knucklebones at 2:33 AM on March 22, 2022