Determine what you need to do to be eligible to apply to most programs . Once you've chosen 5-10 schools to focus on, look for specifics at each program that interest you. Specific faculty, facilities, aspects of the curriculum or courses, costs, application deadlines. Make yourself a reasonable timeline for getting all the applications complete for your desired entrance date. The issue of assistantships .
Many graduate programs have a limited number of assistantships they can offer graduate students.
The stipend is usually enough to live in the area, but you probably won't be saving a lot of money. Other sources of funding . Graduate students may also be eligible for other types of financial assistance. Graduate fellowships are funds put up by an agency, group or program which can be used toward your graduate training. Typically they are competitive, based on a research proposal.