Graduate Students

Pursuing a graduate degree is a powerful investment in your future—and it often comes with new financial considerations. This page is designed to help you understand the full range of financial aid options available to graduate students.

Financial aid steps

Graduate cost of attendance

Graduate scholarships and grants

Graduate students often rely on loans to cover their education costs, but there are also various scholarship and grant opportunities available to help reduce expenses.

Scholarships


The SPU Scholarship Match helps pair graduate and undergraduate students with scholarship opportunities they are eligible for. Complete a General Application to help be matched with SPU scholarships. Find more information about SPU Scholarship Match here.

Seattle Pacific Seminary (SPS) at Seattle Pacific University provides scholarships for certain seminary students. These scholarships are limited in number, depending upon available funds for qualified applicants. Find the criteria and application here.

 

Grants


The Washington State Educator Workforce Program (EWP) provides financial aid to attract and retain teachers to work in subjects or locations of high need. Student Teaching Grants and conditional scholarships are available to eligible students. Learn more here.

Graduate loans

Significant updates to federal graduate loans will take effect on July 1, 2026. To stay informed and understand how these changes may impact your borrowing options, please review the updates to the Graduate PLUS and Direct Loan programs here.

Types of Loans

 

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