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Category: Financing your Degree

Previously called: Paying for SIPA

Financing your Degree

Completing your FAFSA and Budgeting

September 27, 2019 Columbia SIPA

Thanks to Cecilia Granda, Associate Director of Financial Aid, for this guest post.  The idea of budgeting makes everyone cringe.…

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Yellow Ribbon Program opens May 3

May 2, 2019 Columbia SIPA

SIPA is pleased to announce the availability of the Yellow Ribbon Program Scholarship for the 2019/20 academic year. SIPA is…

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Next Steps for Admitted Students, Fall 2019

March 21, 2019 Emily Tao

First, another congratulations to you on being accepted to Columbia SIPA! I hope you celebrated this achievement – it was a…

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Financing your Degree

On financial aid, the JJWBGSP Scholarship, and student loan scams

March 6, 2019 Columbia SIPA

To our Fall 2019 MIA, MPA and MPA-DP applicants: Thank you for your patience as the Admissions Committee reads your…

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The 2019 Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJWBGSP) opens on March 7th

January 31, 2019 Columbia SIPA

Mark your calendars for the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJWBGSP), which will be taking applications from March 7…

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The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Academic Scholarship for 2019/2020

January 22, 2019 Columbia SIPA

The Financial Aid team would like to announce an upcoming scholarship opportunity through the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago's Academic…

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Upcoming Scholarship Opportunities

December 22, 2018 Columbia SIPA

The Financial Aid team -- along with wishing you the merriest of holidays -- would like to announce these upcoming…

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Straus Historical Society Scholarship

December 20, 2018October 15, 2020 Columbia SIPA

The SIPA Office of Financial Aid is pleased to announce that SIPA is one of the few schools whose students…

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Scholarship Opportunities of Interest

November 10, 2018 Columbia SIPA

SIPA’s Office of Financial Aid maintains a searchable database of scholarships and provides links to other free scholarship search sites…

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Payne International Development Fellowship Program now accepting applications

October 22, 2018 Emily Tao

The Donald Payne International Development Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2019 Fellowship for Graduate Studies. The application deadline is…

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Office Working Remotely

Due to COVID-19, the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid are working remotely until further notice.

We will continue to respond to emails as promptly as possible and thank you for your patience.

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Important Dates

January 18, 2021: University Closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday

FEBRUARY: MIA, MPA, MPA-DP Final Application Deadline

APRIL 28: SIPA Graduation

APRIL 30: Columbia University Commencement

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This blog is about SIPA's two-year full-time MIA and MPA degree programs, which are the largest of all our programs. For information on our specialized, boutique programs, including the one-year MPA programs, Executive MPA program, and PhD program in Sustainable Development, please click here.

 

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