Financial Aid

Financial Aid

  • % of entering students receiving graduate assistantships 2006/07 : 55%

Most professional students rely on a combination of federal and private loans to finance their educational and living expenses. The Graduate School Financial Aid office is an excellent resource for identifying loans and loan packages to help finance your education. Once admitted to the program, you will receive loan information forms to be returned to the Graduate School by May 31. In late summer, you will be contacted regarding your loan disbursements and bridging the gap for any unmet financial need. For additional resources, visit http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu and click on the “Loans” tab, or call 607-255-5821.

Ronald

"My graduate assistantship certainly helped defray some of my expenses; furthermore the ten hour per week assignment allowed me to work closely with the faculty and staff in making a contribution to the Program. The assistantship has brought me even closer to being a part of the Cornell team."

Ronald Chua (MPS/RE ’08)
Singapore

Cornell administers several need-based financial-aid programs for U.S. citizens and permanent 
residents, including the Federal Work-Study Program, Federal Perkins Loan, and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. Legal residents of New York State may be eligible for New York State Tuition Assistance Program awards. Opportunities for part-time work may be available in connection with faculty research projects. U.S. citizens and permanent residents applying for any need-based aid must file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. FAFSA forms are available at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.

Applicants should complete and return the FAFSA form to the Federal Student Aid Program promptly after filing their federal income tax return. Financial aid information for international student applicants is available on the Graduate School website and via the International Students and Scholars Office at http://www.isso.cornell.edu maintains an online fellowship notebook, containing the information that the Fellowships office has accumulated about outside fellowships.

A limited number of graduate or teaching assistantships are available from the Program in Real Estate, mostly for second-year students who have successfully completed the first-year core courses.