Financial Resources
The Office of Student Financial Planning provides financial aid information and services, including document collection and counseling, for students in the School of Professional Studies.
Below are helpful financial planning resources.
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Contact Student Financial Planning at sfp [[at]] columbia [[dot]] edu (sfp[at]columbia[dot]edu) or +1(212) 854-7040.
We want to make sure that the cost of your continuing education and professional studies do not stand in the way of your goals.
Wealth Management Advancing Diversity Fellowship (for incoming Fall 2024 students)
Admitted applicants to the Wealth Management M.P.S. program for the 2024-2025 academic year may be eligible for a partial or full-tuition fellowship. The Wealth Management Advancing Diversity Fellowship is designed to diversify the financial advising industry as well as to retain and help accelerate the careers of high-caliber professionals from under-resourced groups.
To be eligible for the fellowship, applicants must first apply to the Wealth Management M.P.S. program for entry in Fall 2024. Once the application to the program is submitted, a link to the optional fellowship application will be emailed to you.
To be considered for the Wealth Management Advancing Diversity Fellowship, completed fellowship applications must be submitted to the M.P.S. in Wealth Management program by June 1, 2024. Only students who are admitted to the M.P.S. in Wealth Management program will be considered for the fellowship. The fellowship recipient(s) will be announced by early July. Review the full admissions process here.
Watch the below video to learn why members of the first graduating cohort decided to fund this very important initiative, resulting in a full-tuition fellowship for a student entering the program in Fall 2022.
Resources for Master's Degree Students
We want to make sure that the cost of your continuing education and professional studies do not stand in the way of your goals. Visit Financial Resources for master's degree students to learn about outside funding sources, work-study, funds for U.S. military veterans, and more.
Center for Financial Planning Scholarships
The Center for Financial Planning administers scholarship programs to enable qualified individuals to start or complete the education requirement for attaining CFP® certification. Explore their scholarship programs at centerforfinancialplanning.org.
SPS Fellowships
The School of Professional Studies provides a limited amount of merit-based fellowship funding to new students each year. Merit-based fellowship funding is assessed on the basis of the application submitted for admission. No fellowship application is required and no supplementary materials may be submitted for consideration. All admitted applicants are considered for merit-based fellowship awards during the admissions cycle.
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