Financial Support and Tuition — Political Science, Fordham University

Graduate Tuition and Fees

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
Full-time students: Tuition ?$24,000
Full-time students: Fees ?$415
Part-time students: Cost per credit hour $1,000

Application fee

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Graduate school application fee $70

Living Expenses

On Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
On-campus room and board ?$13,716
Additional expenses ?$2,446

Off Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
Off-campus room and board ?$13,716
Additional expenses ?$2,446

Type of Financial Support

(Source: GSS, 2007)
How graduate students in the program (including master's, doctoral, and professional degree students) paid for their graduate educations
Teaching assistantship ? 17%
Research assistantship ? 0%
Fellowship ? 0%
Traineeship ? 0%
Other 83%

Sources of Financial Support

(Source: GSS, 2007)
How graduate students in the program (including master's, doctoral, and professional degree students) paid for their graduate educations

Federal Support

Department of Defense 0%
National Institutes of Health 0%
Health and Human Services (except NIH) 0%
National Science Foundation 0%
Department of Agriculture 0%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0%
Department of Energy 0%
Other Federal sources 0%

Non-Federal Support

Institutional support 33%
Foreign sources 0%
Other US sources 0%
Self support 67%

Tuition Remission

(Source: SED, 2000–2004) ?
Tuition paid by 2000–2004 Political Science doctorate recipients from Fordham University
Median tuition remission 83%

Amount of Tuition Remission Granted

No tuition remission 8%*
Less than 1/3 of tuition 1%*
1/3 to 2/3 of tuition 0%
More than 2/3 of tuition 91%

Graduate School Debt

(Source: SED, 2000–2004) ?
Debt for 2000–2004 Political Science doctorate recipients from Fordham University
Median graduate school debt $2,500
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Political Science degree recipients from Fordham University and may include graduates from more than one program.

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