Funding Your Studies

Funding Your Studies

West Lafayette: Our first round of financial offers are usually decided by February 1. If you want maximum consideration for financial assistance for an August admission, you must have a completed application and ensure all documents (transcripts, recommendations, test scores) have been received by December 1. We will not begin a review of an application until all of the required materials have been received. Most financial offer letters are sent to students during the period February 1-April 15. However, as new funding opportunities arise, a number of financial offers are occasionally sent to well-qualified students in May, June and July. Please keep in mind that we do not guarantee funding, not all students are funded.

At some point during their program, approximately 60% of our graduate students are supported on assistantships that remit tuition and pay a stipend of $2545 to $2750 per month (2025-26 rates).  These assistantships are competitively awarded by faculty members with a position available, based upon the material supplied in the student's application (statement of purpose, reference letters, and transcripts).

About 25% of high quality, incoming students with applications that closely match our research and teaching needs are offered assistantships in their first semester. Although grades and standardized test scores are important, a student's research interest, statement of purpose and reference letters often play the most important role to decide which students we select to offer assistantships. In addition to the assistantship offers students are automatically considered for university fellowships during the application process. Students should consider submitting applications to the following programs as a possible avenue for funding their graduate education.

For more funding opportunities see Graduate School Funding.