PhD and Post-Bacc Programs in Classics – Classics

PhD Programs:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 16
Key Notes: It is the policy of the Department of Classics not to admit students to its graduate programs without funding, although exceptions may be made in very particular circumstances. Although the available fellowships and assistantships vary to some extent in the level of support they provide, they all include a stipend, eligibility for full tuition, and health insurance. With only a few exceptions, they all also involve service as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA).

University of Chicago

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Currently on Hold
Key Notes: Commencing in summer 2020, doctoral students who matriculate in Classics will be fully supported by the University—with tuition, annual stipend, and individual health insurance—for as long as they remain in good standing, up to the University’s limit on registration.

Columbia University

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 11
Key Notes: Classics Ph.D. students are normally offered 5 years of fellowship support, tuition plus a stipend. Further opportunities exist for graduate students to augment their stipend by teaching intensive Latin and Greek courses over the (six-week) summer session. Students may also apply for internal and external fellowships paying comparable stipends. Subsidized apartments in Morningside Heights are guaranteed to Columbia Ph.D. students for 6 years of their study and are available in limited quantity for stand alone MA students for up to two full time semesters.

The City University of New York

Funding Type: Partially Funded
Application Deadline: Jan 1
Key Notes: Every applicant to The Graduate Center’s doctoral programs will automatically be considered for five-year institutional funding packages. The aid we offer — including fellowships, tuition awards, and assistantships — is based on merit.

Cornell University

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 15
Key Notes: All graduate students in the Field of Classics are admitted with six years of guaranteed support, including tuition, health insurance, as well as an annual stipend, and summer stipend after the first through fifth years.

Harvard University

Funding Type: Partially Funded
Key Notes: Funding for the duration of graduate study is normally provided by outright fellowship grants in the first two years, by a dissertation completion fellowship in the final year, and by a combination of tuition grants and teaching fellowships in the intervening year

Indiana University Bloomington

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Jan 5
Key Notes: Students are admitted with funding that includes a minimum stipend of $22,000, a fee remission, and benefits. Our students are supported by teaching assignments, by either assisting a faculty member in a large lecture course or as an instructor in an independent section (e.g. Latin or Medical Terminology). These packages are supplemented by summer grants and fellowship opportunities to support summer study and travel abroad.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Funding Type: Partially Funded
Application Deadline: Jan 5
Key Notes: Resources to help youThe Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies works to support all graduate students in good standing who continue to make satisfactory progress toward their degree. The department makes every attempt to distribute its resources as fairly as possible outside of guaranteed support offers. Thus afford graduate study might include assistantships, fellowships, traineeships, and financial aid.

University of Florida

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: Jan 16
Key Notes: Unclear on the funding situation. They don’t mention much in way of funding, just admissions requirements

UC Santa Barbara

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Jan 1
Key Notes: All of current PhD students and MA/PhD students are fully funded through fellowships and/or Teaching Assistantships; we aim for this always to be the case. Only applicants applying for the MA/PhD program and the PhD program will be considered for university fellowships. Those applying for the terminal MA will not be considered, but are likely to get partial or full funding through Teaching Assistantships or similar work.

Princeton

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 1
Key Notes: Princeton is committed to comprehensive financial support for Ph.D. students throughout regular program enrollment. This includes tuition, student health plan coverage, and stipend support from fellowships, assistantships, and external sources.

University of Ilinois Urbana-Champaign

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: Dec 15
Key Notes: Any funding is from fellowships and TAing.

NYU

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Jan 4
Key Notes: All students admitted to the Ph.D. program will receive a Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship. This comprehensive five-year award includes a nine-month (September-May) stipend as well as a full tuition scholarship, student health insurance premiums, remission of all fees, and a $1,000 one-time fellowship for start-up expenses.

Bryn Mawr

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Jan 5
Key Notes: Financial aid is available through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art. Funding is provided in form of fellowships, teaching assistantships, and internships and is usually offered for up to six years, contingent upon satisfactory progress.Senior graduate students of exceptional promise may be given the opportunity to design and teach a course as part of a funding package.

University of Michigan

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 15
Key Notes: The Department offers five year support packages to incoming graduate students, providing full tuition and a stipend in the first year, with equivalent support from a combination of fellowship and graduate student instructorships in subsequent years. Qualified students will be nominated for Rackham Merit Fellowships, which also guarantees a five-year support package. These also provide a stipend plus full tuition in the first year, and equivalent support from a combination of fellowship and graduate student instructorships in subsequent years. Healthcare is included, and summer support is available.

University of Cincinnati

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: ???
Key Notes: Graduate students are supported with full tuition scholarships and generous fellowships. Fellowships are normally awarded when a prospective student is accepted for admission. A student who has received a fellowship at the University of Cincinnati and is making satisfactory progress in the program, will normally continue to be supported for six to seven years.

University of Texas, Austin

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 1
Key Notes: With rare exceptions, everyone we admit receives a five-year package of financial support. Historically a sixth year of funding has been readily available for students in good standing. The College of Liberal Arts guarantees a nine month income of $20,000

Duke

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Not Accepting for 2026 enrollment
Key Notes: The Graduate School provides a package that provides Ph.D. students with financial support for at least a majority of the time they are registered and working toward their degree. This support includes four main components: a stipend, tuition coverage, fees coverage, and coverage of health insurance premiums.

Stanford

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 2
Key Notes: The Classics Department offers a six-year funding package contingent upon satisfactory progress toward degree completion. Funding covers applicable tuition costs, health insurance, and living expenses. Students through their fifth year in the program will be provided with stipend, tuition, and health insurance for four academic quarters each year.

University of Missouri

Funding Type: Partially Funded
Application Deadline: Jan 15
Key Notes: Funded through assistantships and fellowships mainly, although it doesn’t appear that these cover all of tuition and other costs.

University of Pennsylvania

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 1
Key Notes: Funded through fellowships that may include a stipend.

University of Buffalo

Funding Type: Partially Funded
Application Deadline: Dec 15
Key Notes: The Department of Classics supports approx. 11 students in the PhD program through teaching assistantships; typically, 2 or 3 of these are awarded each year to incoming students. The expected workload for teaching assistants is 20 hours per week. In Fall 2020, the base stipend for entering TAs will be approximately $23,000 per year. There is a possibility for entering students to be awarded some additional funding if they are awarded College of Arts and Sciences scholarships.

Washington University, St. Louis

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 1
Key Notes: PhD students receive full tuition remission plus a University Fellowship (UF) from the Office of Graduate Studies in Arts & Sciences, guaranteed for six years at the time of admission as long as the student makes satisfactory academic progress.

UCLA

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Jan 5
Key Notes: Entering students are offered similar funding packages: two years of fellowship and up to four years of T.A.ship (contingent on good performance). The department and university cover all tuition (non-resident tuition normally in the first year only) and fees; in addition, we offer a stipend or salary now set at $29,000 per year

Johns Hopkins

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 15
Key Notes: Five-year financial packages are available for students accepted to the PhD program, regardless of their national origin. Continuation of the funding from year to year is contingent upon satisfactory academic progress, and students must remain in good standing with the department. The support includes full tuition, health insurance coverage, and an annual stipend for living expenses.

UC Berkeley

Funding Type: Partially Funded
Application Deadline: Dec 15
Key Notes: The Department is usually able to fund three to five entering students each year. We are committed to equity in funding and (so far as this is within our control) offer the same level of support to all students in the program, whether they are teaching or on fellowship. Our support package comprises two initial years of fellowship, a third year of mandatory teaching (“Graduate Student Instructorship”), and thereafter a mix of GSIship and departmental and university fellowship. In the third year and beyond, summer support is a mix of summers of fellowship stipend and summers of GSIship. Students who are accepted with an offer of funding can count on being supported throughout their time in the program (up to eight years) as long as they make satisfactory progress.

USC Dornslife

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec 31
Key Notes: We support everyone whom we admit with package that combines fellowship support and teaching assistantships for five years, as long as the student continues in good standing. These packages generally combine three years of fellowship with two years of teaching. The annual financial package consists of a competitive stipend, 12 units per semester of tuition remission, and year-round health insurance.

Boston University

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Jan 15
Key Notes: All students accepted into the MA/PhD program are awarded five years of financial support, plus health insurance.

Brown

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Not accepting applicants this cycle
Key Notes: In the first year, fellowship support means that the student may concentrate entirely on coursework and preparation for the translation exams. In the second year, the student usually begins work as a teaching assistant, with a work expectation of not more than 20 hours per week. The stipend is obtained through this type of work, or by working as a teaching fellow, normally through the fourth year. Upon completion of the oral preliminary examination the student may apply for a dissertation fellowship from the University.

Post-Bacc and Bridge Programs

William and Mary

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: Dec. 1 – May 1

Loyola University Chicago

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: Rolling deadline
Key Notes: Achieve fluency in reading ancient Greek and/or Latin.

Rutgers-New Brunswick

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: April 30 (but preferred March 15)
Key Notes: The Rutgers Classics Post-Bacc Program is for anyone who wants to attain and demonstrate proficiency in an ancient language at an advanced level. Our Program is unique in its flexibility: there are no language prerequisites and no set time limits on acquisition of the Certificate.

UC Davis

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: May 1, December 1, March 1
Key Notes: for students who already have a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree but seek additional training in Greek and Latin language, literature, and cultural studies in order to strengthen their preparation for graduate school in Classics and related fields,

UCLA

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: February 1
Key Notes: offers students who have completed a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent the opportunity to continue their studies in Greek and Latin for one or two additional years prior to admission to graduate programs in Classics and related fields

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: Dec. 1 – May 15
Key Notes: There are no scholarships, fellowships, or assistantships currently available for this program.

University of Pennsylvania

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: April 1
Key Notes: Offers two fellowships: the Elsie Phare Fellowship and the Masciantonio Fellowship. Each fellowship supports a student in our well-established Classical Studies post-baccalaureate program. The fellowships provide a $25,000 stipend each and the College of Liberal and Professional Studies covers tuition and fees for one academic year at a rate of two courses per semester.

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Nov. 1 – Feb. 28th
Key Notes: Emerging Scholars Initiative (ESI) Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program. Post-baccalaureate program participants receive a stipend of $42,000 over 12 months for living expenses. Participants also receive financial support that covers tuition for one or more courses per semester during the academic year, health insurance, GRE preparation material provided by Kaplan Review (if necessary), $1,100 for a new laptop computer, and up to $2,000 for expenses related to attending at least one conference in the US.

Duke Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: not accepting applications for 2026
Key Notes: Each fellow will be supported by a 12-month fellowship complete with a full tuition scholarship, a PhD level stipend with benefits, and full summer funding. They are also offered admission to our PhD program (assuming satisfactory progress).

Princeton (Horizon Fellows Program)

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec. 1
Key Notes: The Horizon Fellows Program (formerly known as the Pre-Doctoral Program) is designed to increase access to promising graduate students. Horizon Fellows are regularly admitted graduate students who would benefit from an extra year of academic training. As such, Horizon Fellows will be given one extra year of regular enrollment that begins with their Horizon Fellowship year. In this first year of study, Horizon Fellows work directly with a faculty adviser to design an individualized academic plan to enhance research experience, language work, or theoretical training for graduate study. Stipend is $51,516

Georgetown

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: April 15
Key Notes: The post-baccalaureate program in Classics at Georgetown University is designed to provide college graduates with the opportunity to improve their knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin. For 2024-25, the cost of the program is $3977 per semester ($7954 for the academic year). Participation in the program entitles students to take two courses in the Classics department per semester. Additional courses in the department may be taken for an additional per-credit charge. Georgetown University does not offer financial aid for this program.

Columbia

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: Fall: March 15. Spring: Jan 5
Key Notes: The tuition for the program is a flat per-semester fee, for which students are permitted to take two to four courses in each semester. Up-to-date information about the program’s tuition and fees, which are set by the School of Professional Studies and the University, is available at http://sps.columbia.edu/certificates/classics-certificate/tuition-and-financing.

PennState

Funding Type: Unpaid
Key Notes: The Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies offers a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in ancient languages. It is designed for students interested in pursuing advanced study in Classics, ancient history, ancient philosophy, Biblical studies, Egyptology, or Near Eastern studies, but who need further language preparation. Students enrolled in the certificate program have the opportunity to advance their knowledge of Greek and Latin, as well as take courses in Hebrew, Sumerian, Akkadian, Middle Egyptian and Hieroglyphics, and Targumic Aramaic. In addition, students take at least one writing-intensive seminar to strengthen their preparation for graduate-level research.

College Year in Athens

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: March 16
Key Notes: Two fellowships will be offered per Academic Year: one will be awarded to a CYA Alum; for the other, the Committee will base its decision on both merit and need.

University of Michigan

Funding Type: Paid
Application Deadline: Dec. 15
Key Notes: The M.A. in Classical Studies (Bridge M.A.) is a fully funded, three-term (fall, winter, spring) program designed to assist promising students in Classical Studies, Ancient Philosophy, Ancient History, or Greek and Roman Archaeology in developing the Ancient Greek and Latin language skills needed to pursue a Ph.D. in Classical Studies. Applicants must also fit the criteria for eligibility in the Rackham Merit Fellowship Program, which is open to newly admitted students who: Have a record of superior academic achievement; Are U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or undocumented students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA); Are excellent in one or good in two or more dimensions of the RMF criteria (see below) as described in the RMF Rubric and the RMF Assessing Eligibility and Evaluating Criteria Guide. Nominee has led and/or substantially engaged in activities that broaden the participation of individuals with diverse backgrounds in the academic, professional, or civic realm. By broadening participation, we mean efforts in the U.S. to specifically reduce educational disparities based on race, ethnicity, first-generation status, familial income, or gender. Have experienced financial hardship as a result of family economic circumstances; Have participated in programs in the Rackham application open to students from disadvantaged backgrounds; Are first-generation U.S. citizens in their families; Are first-generation in their families to graduate from a four-year college; Nominee is from an educational or geographic background that is underrepresented in their discipline in the U.S. or at U-M and/or holds membership in a federally recognized Tribe.

University of Maryland

Funding Type: Unpaid
Application Deadline: Fall: August 1 Spring: Nov. 1.
Key Notes: The Post-Baccalaureate Program in Latin and Greek is designed for students who have completed an undergraduate degree and want to pursue advanced study in classical languages. Whether you are preparing for graduate work in Classics, enhancing your credentials for teaching, or simply continuing your study of the ancient world, this immersive program will strengthen your command of Latin and Greek in a supportive and scholarly environment.