Seeking Advice on Increasing Financial Aid and Finding Competency-Based Marketing or

[Duneranger]

Grad programs have a great deal of writing and research. There's no way around that. Do you believe it will take you a full year to complete the MAOL? I ask because most people I see on Discord are completing it in 2-3 terms. This means you won't get that full amount in financial aid. In grad school, financial aid is all loans. Scholarships aren't super common unless you're on campus conducting research, running the lab, being a TA, being an RA, etc.

Thank you for your responses. However, the information you shared is something I’ve known since I came to the USA in 2008. Additionally, there are schools that do offer scholarships specifically for competency-based degrees (CBD). We’re all here to help each other, so I hope we can stay focused on providing useful advice rather than making personal comments like, "It seems like you don’t really understand what it entails.

List them. If you knew of a substantial amount you wouldn't be asking here. Id also LOVE to here about how many of these scholarships they hand out that would make things cheaper than UMPI.

What you are asking for is unreasonable and frankly not a good plan. The whole point of doing a CBE degree is to do it while working. Taking out loans (which you WILL have to do) for a degree with a meh/questionable ROI and not working is a bad plan. Taking out cost-of-living loans on top of that is an even worse plan. 

In addition, trying to find a masters that doesn't involve heavy writing tells me you don't know what you are talking about. "Practical learning" is a meaningless term. With a business masters, you will write and do projects, accept that or don't'.

Cost of living loans are based on school zip code, its set. You CAN delve into private loan territory if you want more, which is also a horrible idea.