Grad Schools for SM... tuition stipend?

[echayes12]

Hello,

I haven't heard anything about this before, but I was wondering if there are any grad schools that provide a stipend for tuition for an SM graduate program. I've only heard about it in the music graduate programs.. but I didn't know if there was anything in stage management as well.

Thanks!

[MatthewShiner]

Check out University of Iowa . . . when I was applying, they made a big deal about graduating with NO debt.

At UC SD, you pay tuition your first year, and then the rest of the time it was paid for you.  Again, that is when I was a student.

[Sarah]

As a graduate of the University of Iowa, I will second that. I was the LX RA for three years and that totally paid my tuition.

[saerie]

I've been applying to graduate schools recently and several of the MFA programs that I'm looking at will pay for your tuition.  Wayne State University offers assistantships to all grad students and pays for their tuition and fees.  They also give them medical and dental insurance.  CCM at University of Cincinnati offers scholarships and assistantships to select grad students.  All grad students at Carnegie Mellon receive a fellowship that covers part of their tuition. 

[vbskeeby]

I went to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and I think all of us had tuition waivers.  And we had assistantships that paid our monthly stipend. 

[ambrosialx]

Most Canadian Universities do this as well. I don't know about colleges but when I was applying to grad schools they will give you GTA and TA positions in their undergrad classes to make up the difference. Don't bother with National Theatre School however they won't even let you work while there.

[jman255]

DePaul University has a great program with Chicago Shakespeare. It's a 2 year ARTS leadership program where you work for Chicago Shakes full time while working toward your MFA from DePaul.

http://www.chicagoshakes.com/main.taf?p=4,5,1

[hbelden]

At UC SD, you pay tuition your first year, and then the rest of the time it was paid for you.  Again, that is when I was a student.

I could be wrong, Matthew, but my memory is that was only true for California residents who attended UCSD.

[MatthewShiner]

All the out of state students, would become in-state by the second year - so the tuition could be paid by the state.  Otherwise, just the instate portion was paid.  Your first year tuition is paid as either in-state or out-of-state, but I do remember a big scramble for out-of-state students to become instate by the second year.