Graduate Students

Important Updates

The Summer Financial Aid Estimator is available! Explore your options for the summer term.
Front Desk Summer Hours: Monday-Thursday 10am-2pm. CLOSED on Fridays, July 11 - September 5, 2025.
For updates affecting financial aid, visit the University of California Federal Updates website, which tracks policy shifts and provides resources.

2025-26 Graduate Programs Packaging Schedule

Financial aid offers will be available in MyAwards as follows. Please note that these are estimated packaging dates for each program.

School of Education

Teaching Credential - April
All Other Programs - June
Masters of Education (part-time) - July
CANDEL - July

School of Veterinary Medicine

DVM Years 1 and 4 - April
DVM Years 2 and 3 - June
MPVM - July

Graduate School of Management

Continuing/entering summer students - June
Continuing/entering Aug/Sept - Late July

Graduate Studies - Late July

Forensic Science - August

Maternal and Child Nutrition - August

Graduate Studies

Majority of Masters and Ph.D. programs

School of Veterinary Medicine

DVM and MPVM programs

School of Education

Teaching Credential/M.A., Ph.D, Ed.D.

Health System

School of Nursing, School of Medicine, Health Informatics, and Public Health

Graduate School of Management

Full-time MBA, Sacramento MBA, Bay Area MBA, Online MBA, MPAc

Other Graduate Programs

Forensic Science and Maternal and Child Nutrition programs

Dual-Degree Programs

If you are enrolled or interested in a dual-degree program, please contact the respective graduate program coordinator for information regarding costs and financial aid.

School of Law

Financial aid for law students is managed directly by the School of Law Financial Aid Office.