Did you pay for your grad school education or did an employer?

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I’ve heard put professors say that if you pay for grad school yourself, you’re doing it wrong. How do you get an employer to pay for your grad school?

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I’m not really sure about what steps to take in order to get employers to pay for graduate school. I do know that there are grants and scholarships available to grad students. I personally paid for my Masters using scholarships, partial from Gates Millennium Scholars and the other from my actual graduate program. Make student loans your last option!

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Look for scholarships. 
While I'm paying most my undergrad I have won lots of scholarships which helped me with moving costs, textbooks etc. And funded my entire overseas exchange program. 
I'm not American but I believe you have way more scholarships over there. I've seen cases of people 100% funded by scholarships there under and post grad.
If your employer wants you to be more educated they will probably offer to fund it for you. It's not that common and not something you should really request lol.

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Not many employers or professions will pay 100% for your degree unless you are in a lucrative field with a great company who wants to give you a higher position that requires the degree. 
“Grad school” can mean different things as well as “employer.” If you are a terminal Masters grad student at a university, you will most likely not receive funding (though some do- depends on the program). What your professor said re: doctoral programs is true. If you are a doctoral student, you should take programs that pay a stipend, tuition remission, and offer health insurance in exchange for a teaching or research assistantship. 
It depends on what field you are in, what level of degree you are obtaining, and who your employee is: a current employer in your field, or the university at which you are obtaining your degree 😊

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If you’re in education a lot of schools will put you through grad school since they’re moving towards requiring masters degrees - HOWEVER how they pay for it and how many credits you can take is entirely dependent on the school itself. My mom had to pay for her schooling out of pocket and then they would pay her back at the end of the quarter if they had the money. And then if you’re not in education you can get your grad school to pay for it by working for them - but you have to apply for those apprenticeships and hope that your better than other students. If you’re working at McDonalds, they’re not just going to put you through grad school. (McDonalds might actually have something like that in place, they’re that kind of company, but I was trying to come up with a generic job.)

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It depends on the situation. I’m a teacher and my private school will pay a portion and only if I sign a contact that I’ll stay with them 3 years after graduation. Every employer is different.

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Employers paying for grad school depends very much on the subject of practice and is not at all common across the board.

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They pay you a stipend to do research if you do a degree in the hard sciences. Ask potential advisors about funding they typically pay graduate students using grant money

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That certainly wasn’t an option. I have someone that would like to hire me once I’m done and has been helping me with my program. But he’s not going to pay for my degree. That’s not common. I do get paid by the university (not much) for my work though. It’s odd, I’m paid to be a student and I also pay student fees. That’s the standard where I live. I’ve honestly never heard of an employer paying for someone’s degree. In my field employers give a yearly stipend for continuing education as its mandated by our professional board we all get a certain number of hours a year. But, that’s it. You want to get a masters and board certification that’s on you in my world.

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Me too.  I’m getting my master’s degree in another degree field so it’s not applicable to my current job so the option of having my employer pay for grad school is non existent.

Did you pay for your grad school education or did an employer?

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