Affordability and Funding

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Think your dream of a graduate or professional degree is out of reach? There are a variety of ways your higher education can become reality.

Tuition and fees

Cost of Attendance

Tuition and fees are just one factor in the cost of an advanced degree from UMKC. Find your estimated cost of attendance through our Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.

Estimate your cost of attendance

Graduate Program Funding

We offer a number of assistantships, fellowships, grants and awards to make our graduate programs more affordable.

Assistantships

A graduate assistantship can provide funding for your degree as well as valuable, hands-on experience.

Learn about assistantships

Awards

Each academic year graduate programs nominate students for three School of Graduate Studies awards, which come with a monetary prize.

View awards and past winners

Grants

We provide several types of grants for graduate students to cover the costs associated with research and traveling to present.

Apply for grants

Fellowships

University-based fellowships are awarded to graduate students in a range of studies.

Explore fellowships

More Funding Sources

Student Story

Macy Baugh, B.A./M.D. '27

"Being awarded the scholarship motivates me to be the best student I can be and eventually the best physician I can be."

Victor E. Dominguez, M.D. Memorial Scholarship

University of Missouri-Kansas city

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