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Our MFA Program is Fully Funded
All domestic and international students of our MFA program receive full funding for their two years of study through a combination of fellowships and teaching assistantships (TAs) that come with a monthly stipend or salary.
Fellowships include a monthly stipend to go toward living expenses. Teaching Assistantships include a monthly salary. The stipend/salary is variable each year, dependent upon institutional budgets and the awards that the Graduate Division might assign on an individual basis.
Fellowships and Teaching Assistantships cover all tuition and fees with the exception of quarterly course fees of (approx. $24 per quarter) and a one-time single document fee in the fall of the first year (approx. $224).
Cohorts admitted in 2025 and 2026 received an average quarterly stipend/salary of between $10,000 and $12,000.
Your First Year
First years students receive two quarters of fellowship funding accompanied by a monthly stipend. The third quarter of first year funding is provided via a Teaching Assistantship that comes with a monthly salary.
Your Second Year
As a second-year student you are awarded a Teaching Assistantship for all three quarters that comes with a monthly salary.
*Non-resident tuition for domestic students from outside the state of California is fully covered in year one until the student can establish residency. International students are eligible for the same funding package stated above.