These are provided on a competitive basis by individual graduate programs and from school-wide sources. In addition, graduate students may be supported by training grants, predoctoral fellowships, and research grants awarded to individual investigators. Graduate students who demonstrate need are also eligible for the college work-study program, and other forms of loans, scholarships, and financial assistance. For further information, see the Office of Financial Aid or the Office of the Dean.
Admission is completely independent of financial requirements or status.
The Health Science Center has consistently supported the national goal of making educational opportunity available to all who can benefit from it, whether or not they are able to pay the cost themselves. No student who believes that he or she qualifies for admission should be deterred from applying because of lack of adequate financial resources. All financial obligations must be cleared prior to completion of each academic year. Students who have not cleared their account will not be allowed to register, receive a transcript or letter of recommendation, have academic records certified, be granted a leave of absence, or have a degree conferred. However, upper limits for standard educational expense budgets are established each year in order to distribute equitably the limited amount of federal, state, and institutional aid.