Financial Support

Funding with Admission

We work very hard to offer some financial support to our students at the point of admission. While the program does admit a few students each year without a specific offer of assistantship with the letter of admission, the majority of those admitted will be offered some financial support for at least the first year of their doctorate program.

Graduate Assistant Positions

Research and teaching assistantship positions become available throughout the year in the School of Public Health as well as other departments across the University of Minnesota. Many research assistant positions require knowledge of statistical computing, such as SAS, Stata, or SPSS, and we highly recommend that students learn one or more of these programs.  Once admitted to a degree program at the University of Minnesota, students are eligible to apply for graduate assistant positions in any department at the University of Minnesota. 

Download our online Job Tip Sheet (PDF)

Other Resources

Students who apply to the University of Minnesota School of Public Health through the online centralized application service, SOPHAS, and who meet the Dec. 15 priority deadline with a completed application (includes ALL supporting documentation), will be considered for any scholarships that are available through the School of Public Health. Notification of such awards will be done via e-mail in approximately mid-March.