Graduate Funding Opportunities

Scholarships

Heartland Scholarship

A $5,000 Heartland Scholarship is for Iowa residents only. The scholarship covers approximately one semester of tuition. The purpose of the scholarship is to promote the value of graduate business degrees among Iowa residents.

Additional Ivy Scholarships

Additional Ivy scholarships may be available. Graduate students in the Ivy College of Business are automatically considered for qualifying scholarships with their admission into an Ivy College of Business graduate program. Please note that not all graduate programs have scholarships available.

If you have a record of academic success, then you may qualify for other scholarship opportunities outside of the Ivy Scholars scholarship. At the time of your application, fill out the Part B form to automatically be in the running for other scholarships. Being an admitted student ensures that you will be considered for all Ivy College of Business scholarships for which you are eligible. 

If you are awarded a scholarship, you will be notified in your acceptance letter or later in a scholarship letter from the Graduate Programs Office. Please note, the video portion of the part B form is only required for consideration to the Ivy Scholars scholarship.

Thank you to our donors for their continued support:

• Bill and Raedene Kalm Full-time MBA Leadership Scholarship.

• Kalm MBA Recruitment Scholarship.

• Mennecke MBA Memorial Scholarship.

• Kalm Dean’s Leadership Award.

• Holtmyer Jones MBA Scholarship.

• Spalding Family Scholarship.

• Bill and Raedene Kalm Professional MBA Encouragement Scholarship.

• Kalm PMBA Recruitment Scholarship.

We also offer special scholarships for our MBA/PMBA students who participate in our Ivy Graduate Study Tours. Thank you to our donors for their continued support:

• Beyer Family MBA Study Tour Scholarship.

• Espeland Family MBA Scholarship.

If you have questions regarding graduate program scholarships, please contact busgrad@iastate.edu.

Employment opportunities

Graduate assistantships

Graduate assistantships are offered to highly qualified candidates admitted into Iowa State University, as full-time graduate students in master’s degree programs. Assistantships provide students unique opportunities to work directly with business faculty actively engaged in leading-edge research in their respective fields. Most assistantships are administrative and are quarter-time (10 hours/week) for a total of 170 hours. In each academic year, we award 30-35 graduate assistantships that help support our academic departments. Graduate assistantships are only awarded to students in full-time Ivy graduate programs.

Graduate assistants receive the following benefits:

• Semi-monthly stipend.
• C-based tuition, which is equivalent to resident tuition.
• Tuition scholarship equivalent to 37.5 percent tuition on the C-based tuition (for 10 hours/week).
• Reduction in student fees.
• Health insurance coverage for the duration of the appointment.

For new students to be considered for a graduate assistantship, check “yes” on the application form where it asks, “Do you want to be considered for an assistantship?” Assistantships are awarded based on GPA, GMAT scores, work experience, and other notable achievements.

For current students to apply, fill out the Ivy College of Business Graduate Assistantship Application. The application requires that you upload a current resume and cover letter. Positions are highly competitive and reviewed each semester.

For more information about graduate assistantships, please refer to the Graduate College website.

Additional employment opportunities

You can seek out other employment opportunities across campus. Check out CyHire for other department assistantship positions and hourly, on-campus employment.

The Ivy College of Business occasionally hires graduate students for hourly positions. The need for these positions changes each semester. To apply for an hourly position, please fill out the Ivy College of Business Hourly Position Application.

Emergency funding

Emergency grant funding is sometimes available to current Ivy College of Business students who have exhausted all options available through the Office of Student Financial Aid. Funding is available on a first-come, first-served basis, and student needs will be evaluated on an individual basis. For more information, please email ivyscholarships@iastate.edu.

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