Tuition & Funding

To be considered for financial aid, applicants should check the box on the Financial Aid section of the application that indicates interest in financial aid. A separate financial aid application is not required.

The Jackson School has a number of fellowships that are awarded to students each year.

Many of the fellowships are awarded to incoming students based on general academic promise and merit. Some fellowships give priority to students focusing on particular issue areas (e.g., global health, climate change) or regions of the world (e.g., Africa, East Asia).

Applicants do not need to apply for specific fellowships to be considered nor is there a separate application to complete. All applicants who note that they would like to be considered for financial aid will automatically be considered for Jackson School fellowship by the admissions committee.  

Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program for Returning Peace Corps Volunteers

Awarded to Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who apply as a Coverdell Fellow. To be considered, interested RPCVs upload a 500 word-max Peace Corps Fellowship Statement to the online application, indicating how the fellowship fits into their academic and professional plans, and how they plan to fulfill the Coverdell internship requirement.

During their graduate studies, Coverdell Fellows complete a degree-related internship in an underserved American community, allowing them to bring home and expand upon the skills they learned as Peace Corps volunteers. At Jackson, Coverdell Fellows receive full tuition (and may receive an additional stipend for living expenses). Coverdell Fellows are usually named after intent to matriculate decisions are made.

For more information on the Coverdell Fellows Program, visit the Peace Corps website.
Meet Jackson’s current Coverdell Fellows

Yale has an extraordinary number of paid teaching and research opportunities for students. International students are eligible for any of these positions. More information can be found on the Teaching and Research positions page.

The Jackson School provides up to $6,000 in summer funding to all first-year students for approved unfunded or underfunded summer projects. This funding allows students the flexibility to think creatively about how to spend their summer months.

Students are also eligible to apply for a number fellowships administered through other units at Yale. For a complete list of all Yale-based sources of summer funding, see the Student Grants and Fellowship Database at Yale University.

Joint degree students are eligible for the same fellowships as other M.P.P. students (listed above) while enrolled in the Jackson School of Global Affairs (3 semesters). Funding sources for the semesters enrolled at the other professional school should be discussed with the appropriate advisors and administrators in that professional school.

Kenneth R. Miller, Jr. IR ’02 Grant:

Awarded to an active-duty US military officer, with preference given to an Army Foreign Area Officer when applicable. Up to two awards each year are made to M.P.P. students throughout the University.

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS):

Jackson graduate students whose academic work includes foreign language study and whose career plans include teaching, public service or business related to Africa, Europe or the Middle East are encouraged to apply for these fellowships. The fellowships provide $18,000 toward tuition funding and a $15,000 stipend. Only U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. are eligible. FLAS awards are funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Higher Education Act, Title VI.

They are administered through the Council on African Studies, European Studies Council and Council on Middle East Studies at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. Applications are available here.

Students in the five-year program will receive their existing financial aid package from Yale College in their senior year (the first year of the joint program). Funding for the second year of the M.P.P. program will be awarded to students at the time of admission.

M.P.P. students who do not receive funding from the Jackson School or Yale University are often recipients of external fellowships from a wide array of sources including the Yellow Ribbon Program, Fulbright, home governments and many others.

Applicants are encouraged to search for external funding through the large number of databases available on the Internet such as FastWeb or Peterson’s. The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) also maintains a comprehensive list of fellowships and scholarships.

Loans are available by application through the Jackson School Office of Financial Aid for both U.S. and international students (jacksonfinancialaid@yale.edu).