Financial Aid
Financial Aid, Scholarships, Tuition Waivers, and Employment Opportunities
Financial aid information is available through the Financial Aid Office (805-756-2927).
The Graduate Education Office offers several funding opportunities (see below). More information on these programs is available through the Office of Graduate Education.
- Graduate Equity Fellowship
- Tuition Waiver
- California Pre-Doctoral Program
- Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program
- Graduate Assistant Program
- Diverse Education Scholarship
- Graduate Presentation Award
- State University Grant
The Psychology & Child Development department does not offer scholarships or fellowships. Second year students, however, may apply for the following paid employment opportunities:
- Clinical Assistant: Two yearlong, 10 hour/week paid appointments with SLO Counseling Service. Duties include a variety of clinical and administrative responsibilities.
- Teaching Assistant: A one-to-three quarter paid position to assist an instructor with an undergraduate psychology course. Duties could include lecturing, conducting small discussion/work groups,scoring tests, and grading essays.
- Graduate Assistant: A one-to-three quarter part-time paid position to assist Psych faculty with their research. Duties could include data collection, scoring research instruments, data entry, data analysis, writing up results, and conducting literature reviews.
The MS in Psychology Program also has been very successful at helping first and second year students find part-time clinical work in the community. Transitions Mental Health Association and Windhorse Integrative Mental Health are among several organizations that employ our students during (as well as after) their schooling.