• Cost Of Attendance
• Scholarships
• Direct Stafford Loans
• Direct Grad PLUS Loan
• Graduate Alternative Loan Programs

• Assistantships

Financial Aid for Graduate Students

Types of Aid for Graduate Students

The types of aid available for students enrolled in or accepted into a graduate program are federal student loans, scholarships, and assistantships.

Graduate students should note that the Office of Student Financial Assistance does not award graduate assistantships or scholarships. These types of aid are awarded by the Graduate Programs Office. Please contact them at 617-879-7162 for any questions about these aid programs.

Click on the links below for information about the federal student loans available for graduate students:

• Federal Direct Stafford Loans
• Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan

Student Financial Assistance
Graduate students should apply for financial aid at the same time they are applying for admission to the college. Once a student is accepted into a graduate program, their financial aid eligibility will be determined by Office of Student Financial Assistance, and the student will be sent a financial assistance letter.

The financial assistance letter that you will receive from Student Financial Assistance will offer the amount of Federal Direct Stafford Loan that you are eligible to receive- a maximum of $20,500 for one academic year. The type of Stafford Loan(s) you are offered will depend on your determined financial need—a maximum of $8,500 of your Stafford Loans may be in a subsidized loan (students must have a certain amount of demonstrated financial need to be eligible for a Subsidized Stafford Loan).

If the aid/loans a student has been offered on their financial assistance letter are not enough to assist the student in meeting the cost of his/her education, then applying for a Federal Direct Graduate PLUS Loan may help fill the additional need. A graduate student may determine the amount that they need to apply for in the Graduate PLUS Loan program, with the maximum amount being their cost of attendance minus any other aid/loans they will be receiving.

Read more about receiving financial aid and your financial assistance letter.

International Students
International students are not eligible to apply for federal financial aid at MassArt, however they may apply for a private student loan with a U.S. co-signer.

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