Financial Aid

Bryn Mawr's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) provides CDPP students with substantial tuition assistance, a summer stipend for reasearch after the first year, and opportunties to earn stipends as teaching and research assistants. CDPP students typically receieve tuition scholarships for about two-thirds of their fees for the Ph.D.

Students in the CDPP can expect to receive a summer stipend following their first year in the program to support their work on their Masters thesis.

CDPP students are encouraged to apply for Teaching Assistantships each year. Appointments to TA positions are made by the program faculty and are based on the student's qualifications and experience. Assistantships are available in Experimental Psychology (Introductory), Educational Psychology, Learning, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Statistics, or Multivariate Statistics should indicate this interest to the relevant faculty member and the program director. Teaching Assistantships are also available for working in the Phebe Anna Thorne School and the Language Enrichment Preschool Program. In addition, each year some students have placements at the Child Study Institute, where they are trainees in therapy or assessment.

Students engaged in assessment and therapy practicums in the community sometimes receive a modest stipend from the sponsoring school or agency. Competition among doctoral programs is tight for these slots and it is not always possible to accommodate each student's first preference or to find a paid practicum for every student.