Bryn Mawr College

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Overview

Financial assistance is awarded to students who have need based upon information provided on the FAFSA and the Bryn Mawr College Financial Aid forms. It is given to all eligible students who apply for aid in a timely fashion and is available through a combination of grants provided by the School and federal loans. Admissions decisions are made independently of financial need. Financial aid awards for students who have submitted all the required materials are usually made beginning in mid-February.

For the 2010-11 academic year, the Graduate School of Social work and Social Research awarded over $2 million in institutional grant aid to students enrolled in all its degree programs.  Approximately  82% of all students are receiving institutional awards, ranging from the cost of one course to full tuition.

In the MSS program, the average award for part-time students is $9,000 and the average award for full-time students is $15,000.  Most doctoral students receive full tuition coverage.  In addition, doctoral students may also receive other assistance such as stipends, graduate research  assistantships and graduate teaching assistantships.

Additional opportunities for financial assistance can be obtained from the Council on Social Work Education and the federal government financial aid website. The Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research provides generous financial aid to accepted applicants.

The Pollak Scholarships

The Otto and Gertrude K. Pollak Scholarship Fund has provided scholarships to doctoral students in the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research since 1999. The Fund was established through a generous bequest of the Pollaks, who were both Master’s graduates of the School.

The Pollaks were refugees from Nazism, and were lawyers in Vienna prior to their emigration to the United States. Their education at Bryn Mawr College established their professional life in this country. Otto was a long-time professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and was a nationally recognized scholar in the area of social work, sociology, and mental health. Gertrude headed Family Services of Philadelphia, and was the author of a book on working with groups.

Current doctoral students are nominated for the Scholarship each year by the faculty, and represent some of the School's most promising scholars.

Tuition and Fees 2011-2012

Application Fee: $50
Non-matriculating study: $25

Tuition:
Master’s: $3,540/course
Doctoral: $4,500/course

Other Fees:
Materials and Activities Fee: $300/year
Summer Student Materials and Activities Fee: $25
Field Instruction: $100/year
Continuing enrollment Fee (PhD): $460/semester
Commencement Fee: $60
Estimated Book Costs - $100 per course

Deadlines:

New Students/Applicants:

• Advanced Standing and Early Application Option: February 6, 2012
• Regular Application Plan: April 1, 2012 or, if applying to the GSSWSR after 4/1/2012, as soon as possible.

Returning Students: April 15. Students enrolled for summer 2012 are strongly encouraged to complete the application process by March 15.

• Financial Aid forms:

  Bryn Mawr Graduate Student Financial Aid:

  Step 1: Complete your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
  Step 2: GSSWSR Financial Aid Form
  Step 3 : Accept, Reduce or Decline any loan offered to you