*Note that all information is crowdsourced. Please contact programs directly for more information as arrangements may have changed. List created 9/28/2021*
PROGRAM | DETAILS | MORE INFO |
Auburn University | “Fully funded for two years. Stipend plus full tuition waiver in return for T.A. work. Our M.A. in public history is one of the best around in terms of job placements” | https://cla.auburn.edu/history/future-students/graduate/graduate-assistantships/ |
Baylor University | Full tuition + fees waiver & the program helps you get a job on campus working 15 hours a week at $15 an hour. | |
Bridgewater State | “History MAT at Bridgewater State can be funded by GAships for two years” | |
Central European University | “Tuition remission, stipend which covers housing, and health insurance | |
Clemson University | ||
Colorado State University | “tuition waiver and a stipend with TAships.” | |
College of Charleston | “Assistantships for select students” | |
Duquesne University | MA and Public History MA | |
Florida Atlantic University | “Full funding for teaching assistants, including a stipend and access to health insurance.” | |
Florida Gulf Coast University | Tuition Waivers and TA/GA positions available on a competitive basis to students both in-state and out-of-state | |
Florida State University | “MA students in History and Public history are eligible for funding” | |
Georgia State University | “Graduate Research Assistantships (GRAs), with an annual stipend, are available for award to M.A. students. GRAs typically work with a faculty member as a research assistant for ten hours a week during the academic year.” | |
Idaho State University | “Teaching Assistantships are available for full-time MA students and provide a stipend and a tuition and fee scholarship. In return students assist a faculty member coordinating and grading for one or more courses. With additional training, some second year TA teach their own class.” | |
Illinois State University | “Graduate assistantships are available on a competitive basis. Graduate assistants receive a monthly stipend and a tuition waiver for each semester of appointment.” | |
Indiana State University | Eugene Debs fellowship in Labor History; “We also have assistantships… including for online students, sometimes even for part-time students” | |
Memorial University (Newfoundland, Canada) | “Funding for all eligible MA students, incl international students, and choice to take GAship (TA or research) but not required” | |
Miami University of Ohio | “All applicants for admission to the full-time MA program in History are considered for assistantships. History Department Graduate Assistantships pay a stipend and include a remission of university instructional fees for the regular school year.” | |
Missouri State | “Graduate Assistantships (full funding + stipend). We also have scholarships that cover a year of the program (out of 2)” | |
Mississippi State | ||
McGill University | McCall-McBain Scholarships (for Canadian citizens & permanent residents); TA assistantships available through the department | |
North Carolina Central University | “Tuition remission and a stipend for most of our MA students for 2 years. Grad assistants serve as teacher or research assistants.” | |
Northeastern University | ||
Ohio University | “The History Department's general policy has been to provide an M.A. student with a maximum of four semesters of support” | https://www.ohio.edu/cas/history/history-scholarships-financial-aid/graduate |
Oklahoma State University | “Teaching Assistants and Associates are awarded a monthly stipend. Teaching Assistants will receive a yearly stipend of $15183.00. This is broken down into 9 monthly payments of $1,687.00…. MA students who receive graduate assistantships as part of their initial acceptance letter are guaranteed two years of funding as long as they remain in good standing with the program.” | https://cas.okstate.edu/department_of_history/graduate_studies_pages/fellowships_assistantships.html |
Syracuse University | “M.A. students who are making good progress and satisfying all performance standards are eligible for two years of departmental funding.” All accepted students fully funded. | |
Texas State | Kenneth and Patricia Margerison Graduate Research Fellowship for recruiting master’s students. “All newly admitted students are automatically considered. Recipients will be awarded funds to fully cover graduate tuition and fees for the spring and fall semesters as well as limited research support. Fellows will also qualify for in-state tuition.” | |
Texas Tech University | “The Department of History awards Teaching Assistantships annually. The stipends currently range from $14,000 to $20,000, and include in-state tuition status as well as the waiver of some fees.” | https://www.depts.ttu.edu/history/graduate/financial-aid.php |
University of Alabama | All applicants for the MA program are considered for funding by the department; some may also receive university-wide fellowships. Stipends run from between $14,400 (dept. GAships - usually TAing for survey level courses) to $20,000 (Uni-wide fellowships) for 9 months. Both forms of funding include a tuition waiver and medical benefits. We fund many/most MA students this way. There is no additional element to the application process to be considered for funding at the department or university level. | https://history.ua.edu/graduate-program/prospective-students/ |
University of Connecticut | “Applicants for admission to the full-time MA program in History are considered for GAships. These are typically TA positions that support our lower-division survey courses. The assistantship consists of a tuition waiver, 9-month stipend, and medical benefits.” | https://history.uconn.edu/graduate-program/graduate-funding/ |
University of Tennessee- Knoxville | “A small number of MA students” receive funding | |
University of Louisiana- Lafayette | “We fund many of the students in our MA program with a stipend and tuition remission” | |
University of Illinois - Springfield | “Several paid GA and state agency internships every year with tuition waivers” | |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County | “We don't fund all of our MA students, but we stretch the money as far as we can. MA students in history are funded as TAs, GAs, and sometimes in history-related positions elsewhere on campus.” The Department of History annually awards a limited number of assistantships to full-time students accepted into the M.A. in Historical Studies program. These confer tuition remission, a stipend of $14,000, and health insurance benefits. | |
UMass Boston | “American Studies MA at UMass Boston does its best to only accept students we can give substantial support to.” | |
University of Memphis | Possibility of full tuition + stipend | |
University of Mississippi | “The department offers several graduate assistantships every year; each pays as much as $12,000 per year and automatically includes a tuition scholarship. The assistantships are competitive and based on merit, and all applicants to our program are automatically considered for these assistantships.” | |
University of New Orleans | “some full and partial (tuition remission) funding packages.” | |
University of Oklahoma | “2-4 funded lines/year for MA students in history, ranging from $12,595 to $20k. Editorial fellowships with the Journal of Women's History and Western Historical Quarterly are especially attractive” | |
University of Oregon | “The major form of funding for newly admitted graduate students is the Graduate Employee (GE) award. GEs are awarded on a competitive basis to both M.A. and Ph.D. students, based on academic merit, without regard to financial need. Each GE award includes a tuition waiver, a stipend, and health insurance benefits.” As of 2021: “UO has a new MA fellowship to help support students from underrepresented groups attend graduate school. Recipients of the Historical Horizons fellowship will receive two years of tuition remission, a two-year teaching fellowship (unionized, with decent pay and excellent medical and other benefits), and an additional $5,000 of summer funding at the end of each year. We are dedicating two of our admission lines to this fellowship. After the first year there will be a rotating cohort of four Historical Horizons fellows, (2 first-year and 2 second-year fellows)” | |
University of South Carolina | “The History Department supports a limited number of Public History students through graduate assistantships. These can be teaching assistantships or professional assistantships. Assistantships, whether teaching or professional, usually require a commitment of 15-20 hours/week and in 2020-21 paid a stipend of $7625/semester for MA students and $8625/semester for those enrolled in the PhD program. Students who hold assistantships automatically qualify for the in-state rate of graduate tuition and receive a tuition abatement. The financial assistance situation varies from year to year, as does the number of available assistantships.” | |
University of Utah | “TAing in exchange for tuition waiver and stipend.” | |
University of Wyoming | “At least 6 or 7 funded spots across the 2 years, sometimes more,” also funding for summer research/conferences/etc. | |
Utah State University | https://history.usu.edu/study/scholarships | |
Villanova | “One of the few academic institutions in the country that offer only a master’s degree in History, rather than both the MA and PhD, meaning you will get the full attention of our faculty.” | https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/history/academic-programs/graduate.html |
Virginia Tech | TAships across 2 years | |
Washington State University | “Students may hold teaching assistantships for a maximum of 2 years while enrolled in the M.A. program” | https://history.wsu.edu/graduate-studies/financial-assistance/ |
Western Washington University | “4-5 fully funded positions every year, which is tuition remission, a $14k stipend, and health insurance in exchange for TAing. Also receive tuition waivers for other students” (latin, not really medieval but??) | |
William & Mary | “In-state tuition and an editorial job at Omohundro Institute which basically added up to the tuition cost” | |