Financial Aid

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Fordham University offers approximately seven financial aid awards per year to students entering the doctoral program in philosophy. Each award is guaranteed for six years (five years for students entering with an M.A.) provided that students make satisfactory progress toward the degree. Students serve as graduate assistants for the first two years, and they are expected to assist a faculty member in his or her teaching or research. A graduate assistant is expected to perform these duties for approximately ten to fifteen hours a week. After completing their qualifying papers and the Seminar in Philosophical Education, graduate assistants become teaching fellows for the next three years. As such, they have responsibility for their own courses. Stipends are increased when an assistantship changes to a fellowship. The final year of the the award is free of duties while students work on writing their dissertation.

Both fellowships and assistantships include tuition remission for up to twelve credits per semester and for six credits in the summer.

N.B. Only applicants for the PhD program are eligible to apply for financial aid.  To find out more about the procedures and deadlines for applying for financial aid, visit the financial aid page on the website of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.