At Northeastern, the graduate programs typically offer assistantships instead of grants. Loans are a source of borrowed money that a student repays with interest. Loans may be sponsored by the Federal Government or by private sources. Ten or 20 hour assistantships are highly competitive and are applied for directly through an individual department.
Applications are available directly from the department.
Twenty hour assistantships provide full or partial tuition with a stipend. Ten hour assistantships cover partial tuition and are taxable. Assistantships are considered part of a student's financial aid package and are used in reevaluating a student's financial need. We strongly urge students to carefullly assess their need to borrow. Borrowing should never be used to support life styles instead of life long goals.