Financing Your Education Without Loans - Graduate and Adult Bachelor's

University Programs

• Alumni Tuition Discount 
• Cambridge, MA Resident Tuition Discount 
• Graduate Assistantships
• Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences Dean's Merit Scholarships 
• Graduate School of Education Dean's Merit Scholarships
• Senior Citizens Tuition Discount 
• TEACH Grant
• The Lesley Dividend
• Yellow Ribbon Program 
• Additional Sources of Aid 

Program-specific Scholarships 

Early Childhood and Elementary Education Programs

• Timocracy Foundation Scholarship 

Elementary Education Urban Initiative (EEUI) Scholarships

• Individuals committed to teaching elementary, language minority students, and English language learners in urban settings may apply to be a Graduate School of Education EEUI Scholar, and receive a $5,000 scholarship, which will be awarded in two equal distributions of $2,500 each. Graduate students who are accepted into and enroll in the Elementary Education Urban Initiative, a 15-month Master of Education program leading to initial licensure in elementary education, are eligible to apply. For more information, see the EEUI Scholarship brochure and application.

Environmental Studies Programs

• Contact Shane Hart, shaneh@lesley.edu

MFA Creative Writing

• Evelyn M. Finnegan Writing for Young People Scholarship - contact Melissa Ratliff, mratliff@lesley.edu
• Literary Ventures Fund Creative Writing Scholarship - contact Melissa Ratliff, mratliff@lesley.edu
• Gweyneth Barber-Wood Creative Writing Scholarship (applicants of Jamaican descent only)- contact Melissa Ratliff, mratliff@lesley.edu

MFA Visual Arts

• Limited partial scholarships for incoming students (based on admissions portfolio) - contact Melissa Ratliff, mratliff@lesley.edu

PhD Educational Studies, Individually-Designed

• Teaching Fellowships and Research Fellowships - contact Joyce Traister, traister@lesley.edu
• New Student Scholarships - contact Joyce Traister, traister@lesley.edu

PhD Expressive Therapies

• Research Fellowships - contact Joyce Traister, traister@lesley.edu
• New Student Scholarships - contact Joyce Traister, traister@lesley.edu

Special Education Programs

• Anne Larkin Scholarship