Financing Your Graduate Education
How will you pay for your graduate studies at SPU? Consider a varied menu of scholarships, assistantships, and loans — each designed to meet your specific needs. We’ll help you find available opportunities.
Federal and Internal
- Federal and need-based aid is administered through Student Financial Services and may also include loans or work/study options.
- Learn more about financing your graduate education through scholarships and loans at the Financial Aid Programs section of the Graduate Catalog.
- Graduate Assistantships offering part-time employment in the Division of Education.
- Division of Education scholarships through the portal.
General
- for students with a minimum 3.0 GPA; community service involvement required.
- for international students to study in the U.S.
Teacher Education
- for future physics teachers earning a certificate from 51°µÍø.
- for teacher education students interning during the current academic year.
- for students enrolled in a teacher preparation program committed to working in ESD 112 partner districts.
- for candidates endorsing in high-need fields who commit to working in a low-income school for four years.
- for Direct Federal Unsubsidized Loans and for Federal Perkins Loans.
- for students who graduated from a high school in Walla Walla or Columbia County, Washington.
- offers financial aid, including conditional scholarships/grants for those who want to teach in high need or .
- for any student seeking to become a teacher.
Literacy
- for scholarly work that furthers the scientific understanding of reading.
- for a K-8 classroom teacher dedicated to improving and enriching the teaching and learning of purposeful reading and writing across the curriculum.
- for teachers of English language arts and literacy at all levels.
- for literacy, language, and culture teachers.
- for current teachers seeking to add an endorsement to their certificate.
- for doctoral students, postdocs, faculty, lecturers, scientists.
- to cover registration fees for conference and other related expenses.
Doctoral
- for full-time study in the U.S.
- for education-related research.
- grants for WERA members.
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- for students demonstrating academic excellence, a commitment to pluralism, and a strong interest in teaching and research.
- for statistics.
- to conduct joint research activities with colleagues at Japanese universities and research institutes.
- for scholars studying child development and perspectives worldwide.
- for research in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
- for education improvement.
- for English language related topics teachers who have completed a dissertation in the last two years.
- for residents and naturalized citizens in all fields.
- , a $1,000 annual scholarship from the Washington Association of School Administrators.