On this page you'll find a checklist of required application materials, as well as specific instructions for each program. All required materials should be submitted before the posted deadlines. Once ...

Graduate degrees are awarded at the end of each semester. You must file your Application for Advanced Degree with your program coordintaor by the dates published on the Academic Calendar. Defense of ...

The graduate special classification is for students who have earned a bachelor's degree and wish to take graduate courses without enrolling in a graduate program leading to an advanced degree ...

The federal government and private lenders offer graduate student loans. Max out federal unsubsidized loans — likely the cheapest option — before covering your remaining costs with federal grad PLUS ...

As deputy managing editor for news, Shelby Grad supervises the Los Angeles Times’ daily report on all platforms. He manages a team that includes the Fast Break Desk, the Multiplatform Editing Desk, ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Most of the colleges with the largest graduate programs in the country don’t have clear plans for ...

Graduation season is upon us. In the United States, most commencement events usually happen in May and June, though some also take place in December, depending on the degree program, school, student’s ...

Let’s review how grad school is structured: You work, but you don’t get a salary. Instead, you get a stipend, and sometimes, if you play your cards right, you get a grant. Sometimes you get funding to ...

Graduate and professional school students are about to experience an unprecedented funding gap. Thanks to One Big Beautiful Bill’s elimination of the Grad PLUS loan program – which allowed borrowing ...

THAT MISSED THEIR PET. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS PURSUING PROFESSIONAL CAREERS WILL BE IN LIMBO STARTING NEXT YEAR. WHEN IT COMES TO PAYING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. THE SO-CALLED BIG BEAUTIFUL ...

With Republicans ending the Grad Plus program, private lenders are eyeing billions in new business, while some students could be left in the cold. In the 22 years since Ken Ruggiero jumped from tech ...

A smoother path into the working world has for generations been considered commensurate payoff for the years of hard studying, internships and eyewatering debt required to emerge from college. But in ...