Financing Your Education

Making Your Degree Affordable

UCR is committed to helping students identify resources to fund their education. General and program-specific scholarships and fellowships are available. You can view select opportunities by program below, and we also encourage you to consult your program admissions representative about additional resources for which you may qualify. For current tuition rates, please see the fee schedule. For more information about non-resident tuition and how to establish residency, click here. International students may read more about financial requirements here

Undergraduate Scholarships, Assistantships, and Fellowships

Name	Amount	Details and Eligibility
Karen B. Kyhn and Stanley N. Fix Endowed Scholarship	$2,500	Applications are now open for the $2,500 Karen B. Kyhn and Stanley N. Fix Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship aims to support declared and actively enrolled undergraduate students within the UCR School of Education. Applicants are asked to complete an online application form where they will submit a 2 page double-spaced response to the following prompt: how have you sought to advance educational equity? The Undergraduate Education Committee for the School of Education will review these essays and select two awardees. To be eligible for this scholarship, you must meet the following criteria: Currently declared as an Education, Society, and Human Development major. Will remain an Education, Society, and Human Development major at the time of scholarship disbursement (Spring 2025). Have Senior status. Applications are due by January 31, 2025, at 5:00 pm Pacific. The application can be found here or at the following web address: https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYfJV8zMonR0WSa The selected recipients will be asked to attend the School of Education Donor and Scholars luncheon on Friday, April 11, 2025, to meet with the scholarship donors. More details on this luncheon will be provided in the award letter. Please contact the SOE Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Austin Johnson, with any questions at austin.johnson@ucr.edu.
FIERCE/BCEP	$3,000	Fueling the Inland Empire Region with Community Educators (FIERCE) was created to prepare and equip undergraduate students to be community-ready and equity centered to contribute to the workforce needs of the IE. Black Community Education Promise (BCEP) Scholars Program is designed to support incoming SOE undergraduate majors who are dedicated to serving the Black community via education upon graduation from UCR. Eligibility and Requirements: School of Education students Desire to serve the IE as an equity-focused educator Desire to serve the Black community via education and support the development and success of Black students 3.0 GPA minimum with current unofficial transcripts Two academic references or one academic reference and one non-academic reference (i.e., employer, volunteer organization) Priority is given to applicants who attended an Inland Empire high school with a student population that is at least 50% Low SES and/or Title I status Priority is given to first-generation college students and/or applicants who are bilingual or come from a home language in Spanish, Black or African American Language, Mandarin, etc Learn more here
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Name

Amount

Details and Eligibility

Karen B. Kyhn and Stanley N. Fix Endowed Scholarship

$2,500

Applications are now open for the $2,500 Karen B. Kyhn and Stanley N. Fix Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship aims to support declared and actively enrolled undergraduate students within the UCR School of Education.

Applicants are asked to complete an online application form where they will submit a 2 page double-spaced response to the following prompt: how have you sought to advance educational equity?
The Undergraduate Education Committee for the School of Education will review these essays and select two awardees.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must meet the following criteria:

Currently declared as an Education, Society, and Human Development major.
Will remain an Education, Society, and Human Development major at the time of scholarship disbursement (Spring 2025).
Have Senior status.

Applications are due by January 31, 2025, at 5:00 pm Pacific. The application can be found here or at the following web address: https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYfJV8zMonR0WSa

The selected recipients will be asked to attend the School of Education Donor and Scholars luncheon on Friday, April 11, 2025, to meet with the scholarship donors. More details on this luncheon will be provided in the award letter.

Please contact the SOE Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Austin Johnson, with any questions at austin.johnson@ucr.edu.

FIERCE/BCEP

$3,000

Fueling the Inland Empire Region with Community Educators (FIERCE) was created to prepare and equip undergraduate students to be community-ready and equity centered to contribute to the workforce needs of the IE. Black Community Education Promise (BCEP) Scholars Program is designed to support incoming SOE undergraduate majors who are dedicated to serving the Black community via education upon graduation from UCR.

Eligibility and Requirements:

School of Education students
Desire to serve the IE as an equity-focused educator
Desire to serve the Black community via education and support the development and success of Black students
3.0 GPA minimum with current unofficial transcripts
Two academic references or one academic reference and one non-academic reference (i.e., employer, volunteer organization)
Priority is given to applicants who attended an Inland Empire high school with a student population that is at least 50% Low SES and/or Title I status
Priority is given to first-generation college students and/or applicants who are bilingual or come from a home language in Spanish, Black or African American Language, Mandarin, etc

Learn more here

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Teacher Education Applicants:

There are several scholarships available to students applying to UCR’s teacher education program, visit our scholarship page here for a full list.

M.A./Non-Credential M.Ed. Applicants:

Master's students are eligible to work with a faculty member as a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) or a Teaching Assistant (TA) for the SOE. While fellowships are not offered to master's students upon admission, the SOE encourages students to work with faculty on research projects either voluntarily or for hire. Depending on the hours required for the researcher position, tuition remission, and health insurance may be provided in addition to a monthly paycheck for the term of employment. All TA positions pay for tuition and health insurance in addition to a paycheck for the months employed.

Ph.D. Applicants

Highly qualified Ph.D. applicants are offered a fellowship package upon admission. The package consists of stipends, tuition remission, health insurance and awards based on employment (monthly paychecks). The requirements for a fellowship package include full time study (12 units per quarter) and employment as a Teaching Assistant (TA) or Graduate Student Researcher (GSR), if applicable. It is important to know that TA and GSR positions require 10-20 hours of work per week ranging Monday through Friday 8am to 10pm.

Additional fellowship opportunities offered through the Graduate Division can be found here.

DACA

Prospective P.hD. students that are classified as DACA status are eligible to receive a fellowship with a teaching assistant (TA) assignment which includes tuition remission, health insurance and monthly paychecks for the quarters employed. For more information about financial eligibility for DACA status, please connect with Ana Coria in our Undocumented Student Program office: ana.coria@ucr.edu.

Financial Aid

For more information about federal and private loans for domestic students, please refer to the Financial Aid office.
For information on summer financial aid, visit: summer.ucr.edu