Scholarships » TC's Funds

Below are funds administered by Teachers College:

Teachers College Funds

• Endowed Funds

Below are outside sources of funding. Students should obtain and submit applications directly to the appropriate agencies listed within.

• Selected External Scholarships, Fellowships and Grants
• Scholarship Search Services

There are some circumstances where this scholarship may not be valid:

• If you defer your enrollment to a future semester
• If you receive a scholarship from an external source.
• If you do not enroll in the semester for which you have been admitted.
• If you drop the course and you are chanrged any percentange for the course
• Full time employees (spouses or dependents) of Teachers College, Barnard College or Columbia University who are eligible for tuition remission are not eligible to receive Teachers College scholarships, and are required to notify the Office of Financial Aid immediately.

**Scholarships pay according to Teachers College billing charges per point/credit**

Aid Types: Teachers College Funds

Teachers College General and Minority Student Scholarship Funds: Provide tuition funding for eligible part-and full-time students in any of Teachers College's degree programs. Program faculty make the awards. New and continuing students are eligible.

International Students Funds Provide scholarships for international students. Program faculty make the award decisions. New and continuing students are eligible.

Grant-in-Aid:
Grants-in-aid are awarded primarily to doctoral students during the last two semesters of graduate work, taking both merit and need into consideration. Students must demonstrate considerable loan indebtedness incurred while at Teachers College. International students are required to seek approval from the International Student Advisor. Faculty recommendations in support of Grant-in-Aid applications are required. A committee makes the award decisions. Applications are available online and in the Office of Financial Aid and must be filed by September 15th for Fall and February 1st for Spring.

Graduate Assistantships: Students who are employed as Graduate Assistants (payroll category 6181) will receive 1 point of tuition for every $500 of salary up to a maximum of 3 points per semester, 6 points per academic year (Fall, Spring, Summer). Points may be used during the semester earned, or one semester beyond the earning period.

Aid Types: Endowed Funds

There are over 300 endowed funds provided by the generosity of donors. The majority are specific to a particular program. Program faculty make the award decisions generally before the beginning of the academic year. Depending on the fund, new and/or continuing students are eligible.

The endowed scholarships listed below are available to students from many programs. Program faculty nominate students to a college-wide committee that makes the award decisions or recommendations to the donor. Students who are finalists will be contacted, may need to provide additional documentation, and may be interviewed by the donor.

Rose Fellows: These Fellowships award up to 18 points of tuition in addition to a research fellowship to students working as interns under the direction of TC faculty on a project(s) selected by the donor. Faculty choose the student interns. New and continuing students are eligible.