See below for general information about funding for students in the PhD Program in Clinical Psychology, as well as about tuition and fees or costs at Montclair State University.
We make every effort to fund students through their first four years of study, unless otherwise agreed to at the time of admission. Support is provided through mechanisms such as doctoral (or similar graduate) assistantships, student instructor contracts, and clinical or research contracts.
Students in their first two years of study typically receive a full-time doctoral assistantship. These assistantships are 10-month contracts that provide a stipend and full tuition remission for each academic year. Doctoral assistants are assigned to a faculty member and expected to assist the faculty member with their research and teaching responsibilities. Assignments require approximately 20 hours of work per week. Specific duties can vary depending on the particular assignment but may include coordinating a faculty member’s research program and team, proctoring exams, grading assignments and exams, and holding office hours.
In their third and fourth years of study, students have opportunities for funding by teaching undergraduate courses across the academic year as student instructors. Funding from teaching is typically supplemented by a part-time doctoral assistantship (also a 10-month contract) that provides a stipend and tuition remission for approximately 10 hours per week of work under the supervision of a faculty member, typically the student’s mentor. Students will typically spend some of their part-time doctoral assistantship hours on research activities that help to advance their progress on their dissertations, and achieve greater independent functioning as researchers, including assembling their own research teams and mentoring more junior undergraduate and graduate student researchers.
Any tuition and fees or costs beyond the fourth year typically incur to the student. In the fifth year and beyond, students typically rely on student teaching contracts or internship salaries for income.
Information about tuition and fees or costs for graduate students at Montclair State University can be found at Red Hawk Central. Information about the Montclair State University Student Health Insurance Plan can also be found there.