PhD/PsyD Funding for Clinical Psychology PhD Programs

[sashie]

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Hi everyone!

I'm a Canadian applicant getting ready to apply to American clinical psychology PhD programs. All of the schools I am applying to have good funding (tuition remission, stipend, etc.). However, I was wondering if I should be applying to get other sources of funding as well? For Canadian programs, applicants apply to provincial and national level funding and that's it. Is there something like this for American schools? If so, would an international student be eligible for this funding? Or should I be looking at each individual school to see if there are any scholarships I should apply to?

Any additional information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks 🙂

PS, I'm applying to the following schools: UoPitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, South Florida, UT Austin, George Mason, Purdue, UoMaryland, UC San Diego, Northwestern, Arizona State

 

[MCParent]

You can still apply to CIHR and SSHRC if you go to a US school. They have rules about your level of funding to be allowed to hold a Canadian predoc award and US school funding. its probably changed since I held my CIHR predoc fellowship, so I'd say check the web sites. I held a CIHR predoc fellowship and us institution funding when I was in grad school.

 

[PsychPhDone]

Hi sashie,

I am an international student and successfully applied last year. What I wish someone had told me is that you should only apply to private schools, because public schools will (most often) charge international students double the tuition. This means that faculty are very very unlikely to give you the spot, because they will not have funds to pay double the tuition (or you have to pay tuition yourself, which nobody can afford).

So just check if your schools are private schools. Also, check the rates of international student admission in the Insider's Guide book. If they have never accepted an international student in the past, it is unfortunately unlikely that they will do so in the future.

With that being said, there are most likely other avenues available for Canadian students that are unavailable for other internationals, so it might be a good idea to research those (sorry if I can't help you there).

It is possible though!! Good luck and stay positive during this horrible application process!

Not an international student, but be sure you check into this before writing a school off. My school didn't do this, to my knowledge, and we had several Canadian students.

 

[Ollie123]

Mine didn't either. I actually don't think its very common and the funding is often not handled at the individual professor level anyways (e.g. department TA).

That said, I do think its entirely appropriate to talk with a department and ask how funding works for international students and judge accordingly based on what is said/not said.

 

[cookie88]

I went to a state program where international and out of state students were charged in-state tuition after the first year I believe.

 

[MCParent]

Hi sashie,

I am an international student and successfully applied last year. What I wish someone had told me is that you should only apply to private schools, because public schools will (most often) charge international students double the tuition. This means that faculty are very very unlikely to give you the spot, because they will not have funds to pay double the tuition (or you have to pay tuition yourself, which nobody can afford).

So just check if your schools are private schools. Also, check the rates of international student admission in the Insider's Guide book. If they have never accepted an international student in the past, it is unfortunately unlikely that they will do so in the future.

With that being said, there are most likely other avenues available for Canadian students that are unavailable for other internationals, so it might be a good idea to research those (sorry if I can't help you there).

It is possible though!! Good luck and stay positive during this horrible application process!

That's not accurate.
PhD U Florida 2013. Tuition waived. I paid a total of about $8000ish in out of state fees over the whole 5+1, which was more than the US people.

 

[WisNeuro]

That's not accurate.
PhD U Florida 2013. Tuition waived. I paid a total of about $8000ish in out of state fees over the whole 5+1, which was more than the US people.

One of my best friends, also a Canadian citizen, paid the same as me at our grad program (state university in the Midwest). Full tuition waiver, stipend, just had to pay some admin/matriculation fee every year that was like $300. I don't know if the matriculation fee was higher for her, but I know she gut full remission and the same stipend.

 

[DynamicDidactic]

Yeah, same experience here. Numerous international students went to my program and all received tuition remission. Large Midwest state school.

But, I am sure some schools do work this way. I know University of Washington requires that faculty to pay tuition for their students. So, it depends on the state school.

 

[eeor1006]

Hi sashie,

I am an international student and successfully applied last year. What I wish someone had told me is that you should only apply to private schools, because public schools will (most often) charge international students double the tuition. This means that faculty are very very unlikely to give you the spot, because they will not have funds to pay double the tuition (or you have to pay tuition yourself, which nobody can afford).

So just check if your schools are private schools. Also, check the rates of international student admission in the Insider's Guide book. If they have never accepted an international student in the past, it is unfortunately unlikely that they will do so in the future.

With that being said, there are most likely other avenues available for Canadian students that are unavailable for other internationals, so it might be a good idea to research those (sorry if I can't help you there).

It is possible though!! Good luck and stay positive during this horrible application process!

No, this is not true. I am an international student who have received full funding at two US institutes (one private and one state). 3 students in my cohort are out-of-state.