Also check if they are renewable or guaranteed by year or semester. Full funding offers at some schools would have still left me short 4-5k a semester.
I took some loans out for my MA, because I didn't want to struggle, but didn't want a roommate, but they were for lifestyle (like avoiding living near undergrads in EL). I'll second asking questions about fees, and insurance, and how many course credits, ect. If you're interested in Penn State for example, Debra Hawhee is the director of both departments, but the comm program is slightly less competitive than the rhetoric (or so I have been told) and provides some very generous funding if you're accepted. The faculty at some universities are often shared by rhetoric and comm programs, and communications departments often have more funds. If you're concerned about funding, I would suggest looking into communications programs. They only fund PhD, and they take very few PhD students each year. Illinois State University: very nice faculty, super helpful, and in addition to rhetoric they have a wonderful children's literature trackĪvoid for MA: University of Colorado, great English program but no funding. University of Oklahoma: if you're doing Native American Studies in conjunction with rhetoric They also offered first time student scholarships that you don't have to apply to separately. Washington State: it's within the English MA, but they have faculty that do rhetoric as well. Also they cover 5 hours of summer classes in the tuition waver as well, if that's something you're interested in.
I second Michigan State, this is where I'm heading in the fall for their WRAC program and they have a union for graduate workers- which is awesome- because it means you don't have to pay student fees (which can be incredibly shocking to hear the student fee amounts, so when you're offered a package also see how much the fees are it can really make a difference- like a $4,000 difference between different schools) they offered full funding through TA, insurance, and 1/2 dental. From personal experience I can tell you which schools offered full funding for MA:
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