Tuition & Funding
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Tuition
Depending on credits towards the Ph.D. degree completed and the number of credits being carried, tuition for New York State residents varies from $4,350 - $1,080 per year (depending upon credits completed toward the Ph.D.). For out of-state and foreign students, the comparable range in tuition is $7,600 - $2,160 per year.
Funding
Financial aid consists of fellowships, assistantships, lectureships, and tuition assistance. Fellowships and assistantships may carry partial or full tuition assistance. A limited number of dissertation awards and fellowships, other grants, and adjunct lectureship positions also are available.
(1) Teaching Assistantships (these do not automatically cover tuition remission but every effort is made to provide waivers of the in-state portion):
- Type A involves assisting in or lecturing in two sections/courses ($16,616)
- Type B involves assisting in or lecturing in a single section/course ($8,307)
- Type C involves teaching two sections/courses ($12,462)
(2) CUNY Science fellowships ($24,000 a year for two years; no teaching required). Following the second year the Biopsychology Program will provide Graduate Fellow A support and an in-state tuition waiver.
(3) Special fellowship programs administered by The Graduate School include the Robert F. Gilleece Fellowship, available to any incoming full-time doctoral students who demonstrates exceptional academic promise ($16,000 plus tuition remission).
(4) MAGNET Program Fellowships, designated for minority applicants ($16,000 plus tuition remission). Some Magnet Fellowship funds may be used to supplement other support lines.
(5) Adjunct teaching lines (lines made available through the Department of Psychology to the Biopsychology Program)
(6) RCMI scholarships (open to US citizens and green card holders.)
(7) Minority Training and Research programs in the sciences (MBRS and MIDARP provide supervised research experience to minority graduate students). MBRS can be applied to any field of biopsychology research. Students participating in these programs are matched to a laboratory through an interactive process between student, coordinator and preceptors. Students enrolled in MBRS receive a $11,496 stipend, tuition waiver, $900 travel funds, and $1,500 for laboratory supplies over a period of five years. MIDARP students receive a stipend of 16,000 for a period of five years. (Funding through MIDARP is restricted to research on drug addiction.)
Hunter College, Department of Psychology, Room 611 North Building, 695 Park Avenue, NY NY 10021
Email: biopsych@hunter.cuny.edu
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