03-05-2025, 04:04 AM
Speaking of assistantships, the state university I retired from does give them to grad students. They are a mix of teaching and research assistantships mostly, with some for other purposes. Teaching assistantships get funded out of the instructional budget as the grad students will be teaching course or leading discussion sections for undergrads. But research assistantships mostly come out of grant money.
There are departments which have enough money to provide some funding for all of their grads. But many are limited in funding, and may prioritize funding doctoral candidates. I know of many departments which have policy statements on their sites that ordinarily no masters degree candidates will get assistantships. The only option for many looking to get a masters is loans and part time jobs on or off campus. From the statistics I have seen in the past that was over half the grad student enrollment.
There are departments which have enough money to provide some funding for all of their grads. But many are limited in funding, and may prioritize funding doctoral candidates. I know of many departments which have policy statements on their sites that ordinarily no masters degree candidates will get assistantships. The only option for many looking to get a masters is loans and part time jobs on or off campus. From the statistics I have seen in the past that was over half the grad student enrollment.