Columbia GSAPP offers institutional financial aid to support the graduate education of the most highly qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities. Awarded at the time of admission, GSAPP scholarships for incoming students are competitive and are awarded based on recommendations by the program’s admissions committee. These scholarships aim to reduce financial barriers, increase equity and access to education, and yield the highest caliber students who are able to benefit from and contribute to the GSAPP experience.
The School actively supports the recruitment of historically underrepresented groups at GSAPP and has established several scholarship funds for this purpose in the past years, including the George and Nancy Rupp Fellowship in 2018 honoring the legacy of the former President of the University, and the Milton and Yvonne Edelin Scholarship in 2019—the largest gift from a Black alumnus in the school’s history. In 2020, the School committed $1 million to establish the Norma Merrick Sklarek Scholars Fund to support a cohort of full-tuition financial aid recipients over the next three academic years. Learn more here.
In Fall 2022, Columbia GSAPP established a scholarship funded by Dean’s Office to provide tuition-relieving, need-based scholarships for currently enrolled master’s students. Selections are made based on the Scholarship Need Assessment submissions in order to prioritize the students with the greatest financial need. Learn more here.