Can you get a merit scholarship for a masters online

[Exfactor]

So you HAVE found some then? Would you mind sharing one or two of the rare graduate scholarships you're talking about? I seriously have searched somewhere in the neighborhood of 4000 colleges and I've found exactly zero online master's scholarships -Meaning they're not being offered by the school, not that they don't exist. I have heard of companies, industries, and service organizations that offer scholarships to be administered through the college, so I'm assuming those are what you're finding? Even if you found a few, I'd love to know.

You are not gonna find a masters degree scholarship for online learning. Which is why I stated in my post that the OP needs to apply to brick and mortar schools that offer online degrees, as such schools normally do not see their online students different from their on campus students. Which is why I stated I used a scholarship during undergraduate while taking a large amount of classes online with my state college. The OP can use a scholarship thats offered at a brick and mortar and use it to pay for classes in their online division thus getting a degree online by that scholarship.

[cookderosa]

You are not gonna find a masters degree scholarship for online learning. Which is why I stated in my post that the OP needs to apply to brick and mortar schools that offer online degrees, as such schools normally do not see their online students different from their on campus students. Which is why I stated I used a scholarship during undergraduate while taking a large amount of classes online with my state college. The OP can use a scholarship thats offered at a brick and mortar and use it to pay for classes in their online division thus getting a degree online by that scholarship.

? maybe you thought I was being aggressive, but I was actually asking what master's scholarships you'd found. The language in your post implied that you had, which differed from my experience, so I was interested in what you'd found. Carry on.

[Exfactor]

? maybe you thought I was being aggressive, but I was actually asking what master's scholarships you'd found. The language in your post implied that you had, which differed from my experience, so I was interested in what you'd found. Carry on.

Actually I did lol. I'm sorry for projecting. However, the reason I mentioned you was because I was agreeing with your statement. But as I said you can use a brick and mortar scholarship for a masters degree at a school that offers online learning, as I used one I had on a bunch of online course at a brick and mortar, as brick and mortars treat their online classes no different than the ones on campus. I did find some scholarships for masters degrees though, mostly need base.

[dbwdb]

Do you need to actually attend some classes at the brick and mortar school or can you just register as a regular student and then do all the classes online? Can you share which schools offer these need based scholarships?

[Exfactor]

Do you need to actually attend some classes at the brick and mortar school or can you just register as a regular student and then do all the classes online? Can you share which schools offer these need based scholarships?

The school I attended didn't differentiate between online or on-campus students. If you were an online student you were under the same degree program as those who took classes online. When I registered for classes for each semester, I had the option to take classes online or on-campus. The merit scholarship I was awarded viewed online and on-campus courses the same way, and paid for both with no problems at all. My last year, I used a merit scholarship on 20+ credits of online courses completely. The graduate school I attend now also view online and on-campus students/classes the same way. However, they don't offer scholarships for masters degree students. Need base scholarships are awarded when/if you apply for financial aid. They are generally first come/first serve; you usually have to get your FASA in early.

[clep3705]

Generically addressing funding of undergraduate vs. graduate students, undergraduates get scholarships and graduate students get fellowships. There is a lot of funding for graduate studies, particularly STEM, but it is usually in the form of fellowships. Graduate students are cheap labor in STEM research labs. They are also employed to teach undergraduates at large universities. As you can see, these jobs require a physical presence.

Graduate students on fellowships sometimes grade papers. This raises the possibility of a remote graduate student grading papers written by online undergraduates. I have no reason to spend the effort to find out if such positions exist. I am aware of online programs advertising for adjunct positions grading written assignments submitted by online undergraduates. All of these positions required a minimum of a master's degree. I speculate that there are enough people with master's degrees willing to work cheaply enough that there isn't any need to use fellowships to fill these low paid positions grading discussion board posts.

[cookderosa]

Generically addressing funding of undergraduate vs. graduate students, undergraduates get scholarships and graduate students get fellowships. There is a lot of funding for graduate studies, particularly STEM, but it is usually in the form of fellowships. Graduate students are cheap labor in STEM research labs. They are also employed to teach undergraduates at large universities. As you can see, these jobs require a physical presence.

Graduate students on fellowships sometimes grade papers. This raises the possibility of a remote graduate student grading papers written by online undergraduates. I have no reason to spend the effort to find out if such positions exist. I am aware of online programs advertising for adjunct positions grading written assignments submitted by online undergraduates. All of these positions required a minimum of a master's degree. I speculate that there are enough people with master's degree willing to work cheaply enough that there isn't any need to use fellowships to fill these low paid positions grading discussion board posts.

I agree with this. Universities, pretty consistently, pump their funding into doctoral students in exchange for research and lab hours. Many (most?) B&M research universities only offer master's degrees as an "early exit" option for PhD students who opt out before completing their dissertation. Within that group of students, you're not paying much- tuition is paid through your stipend and you may even get a little extra for housing. The PhD students I work with all interviewed at multiple locations and were being competed for- wined and dined so to speak. One gal in my lab was flown out to no less than 5 universities (on their dime) before accepting a package from the same university we work for (different lab of course). This is not the same thing as what we're talking about here.

Online master's programs are intended to serve a different audience- non-traditional students who go in with the intent of earning a master's degree and are PAYING for their degree out of pocket. If you do this at a B&M non-profit university, there might be scholarship money. Scholarships aren't something I'm well versed in, but I'm very familiar with employer reimbursement- and that's EASY TO GET. So, my suggestion is to still look in that direction. Either way, good luck and congratulations on starting your master's!