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Publication: Housing and the Cost of Living
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Housing and the Cost of Living
for Graduate Students 2007-08
The first part of this booklet will provide you with information on the housing options available for graduate students at Princeton University and can help you determine how you can afford to attend graduate school at Princeton. The University offers financial aid of various kinds to graduate students, so that they may devote themselves to full-time study. The Graduate School does not assume that a student’s financial award will meet all of the costs of living but, combined with other resources, it can enable that student to come to graduate school and successfully complete an advanced degree.
The second major section of this document explains these resources. Long-term loans and part-time employment are possible sources of financial assistance. In addition, there are many non-University awards made by private foundations and government agencies for which students may compete. Clearly many students will have to commit some of their own resources to meet the cost of graduate study. All of these sources, singly or in combination, offer strategies for meeting the costs of living while studying. With or without support, you will have to plan your financial affairs carefully because, in addition to the high cost of graduate education, Princeton is an expensive community in which to live. Where to live and how to meet the costs of living are the subjects of this booklet.
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Copyright © 2007 by The Trustees of Princeton University
Published by the Graduate School, Princeton University
Lisa Schreyer, editor
Coordinated by the Office of Communications
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