Merit-Based Fellowships for Graduate Students

Emerson College awards merit-based fellowships to applicants who are judged to be exceptionally well-qualified for graduate study based upon their comprehensive academic credentials, including professional promise and past academic excellence. Each program’s faculty review committee selects the recipients, and awards range from $5,000 per semester to full tuition.

Fellowship awardees must maintain full-time status (8 or more credits per semester) and a 3.2 GPA. All applicants who complete their admission application by the deadline for merit-aid consideration will be automatically reviewed for merit-based fellowships. Find your program of interest below for award amounts and duration.

Communication Disorders

Presidential Fellowship: $28,000
$7,000 per semester, awarded for four semesters

Graduate Dean’s Fellowship: $20,000
$5,000 per semester, awarded for four semesters

Communication Management

Presidential Fellowship: $21,000
$7,000 per semester, awarded for three semesters

Graduate Dean’s Fellowship: $15,000
$5,000 per semester, awarded for three semesters

Creative Writing

Full-Tuition Emerson Fellowship: Full tuition
awarded for six semesters

Presidential Fellowship: $42,000
$7,000 per semester, awarded for six semesters

Graduate Dean’s Fellowship: $30,000
$5,000 per semester, awarded for six semesters

Global Marketing Communication and Advertising

Graduate Dean’s Fellowship: $10,000
$5,000 per semester, awarded for two semesters

Health Communication

Presidential Fellowship: $21,000
$7,000 per semester, awarded for three semesters

Graduate Dean’s Fellowship: $15,000
$5,000 per semester, awarded for three semesters

Integrated Marketing Communication

Presidential Fellowship: $21,000
$7,000 per semester, awarded for three semesters

Graduate Dean’s Fellowship: $15,000
$5,000 per semester, awarded for three semesters

Journalism

Presidential Fellowship: $28,000
$7,000 per semester, awarded for four semesters

Graduate Dean’s Fellowship: $20,000
$5,000 per semester, awarded for four semesters

Media Art

Full-Tuition Fellowship: Full tuition
awarded for six semesters

Half-Tuition Fellowship: Half tuition
awarded for six semesters

Graduate Dean’s Fellowship: $30,000
$5,000 per semester, awarded for six semesters

Publishing and Writing

Presidential Fellowship: $21,000
$7,000 per semester, awarded for three semesters

Graduate Dean’s Fellowship: $15,000
$5,000 per semester, awarded for three semesters

Theatre Education

Graduate Dean’s Fellowship: $20,000
$5,000 per semester, awarded for four semesters