Partial Tuition Scholarships
The MSEd program offers a number of partial tuition scholarships. If you are interested in applying for partial tuition scholarships, please follow the instructions on the online application, Apply Yourself, in the MSEd Financial Aid section.
Graduate Assistant Positions
Three to six graduate assistant positions are awarded each fall. Some graduate assistant positions may begin in the summer preceding the fall quarter.
• Award includes tuition scholarship and stipend
- Award value (as of Fall 2008) = * $13,720
Tuition scholarship: $10,120
Stipend: $3,600
* For a one-year, four-quarter graduate assistantship. When graduate assistantships extend beyond one year, compensation will be prorated.
• Graduate assistant position roles generally include the following:
- Correspondence with prospective MSEd students via e-mail and phone
- General office work such as answering phones, making copies, etc.
- Periodic involvement with faculty/staff in special projects/emphases
- Other tasks as deemed necessary by department administrators
• Hours of work required per award per quarter equals 150
- Generally scheduled as 15 hours a week for 10 weeks
- Schedule developed jointly to fit student schedule and meet department needs
If you are interested in applying for a graduate assistant position, please follow the instructions on the online application, Apply Yourself, in the MSEd Financial Aid section.
Fitzgerald Fellowships
For Elementary Teaching candidates only:
Fitzgerald Fellowships are available for Elementary Teaching candidates from the state of Illinois. If you are interested in applying for a Fitzgerald Fellowship, please follow the instructions on the online application, Apply Yourself, in the MSEd Financial Aid section.
Five-Quarter Internships
For Higher Education Administration and Policy candidates only:
The Five-Quarter Internship is a paid internship supported through federal work-study funds. Thus, successful applicants for these internships, who are selected on the basis of previous academic and work achievement and an interview, must also be eligible for federal work-study funds based on the federal financial need analysis.
Interns will work approximately 20 hours per week during each quarter of the internship and are required to register full-time (three courses) during each of the five internship quarters (fall, winter and spring of year one; fall and winter of year two).
Compensation is approximately $4,500 per quarter. The program provides no financial support during the summer months. Students are expected to complete the five-quarter internship program at the end of the winter quarter of the second year and receive the diploma in June of that year.
To be eligible for consideration, candidates must be United States citizens, be eligible for federal work-study funding, and agree to follow the curriculum designed to accompany the internship model.
If you are interested in applying for a Five-Quarter Internship, please follow the instructions on the online application, Apply Yourself, in the MSEd Financial Aid section.
In addition, please complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is online at www.fafsa.ed.gov, as soon as possible