Welcome to the Grad School Resource Center

This resource center is out to help you connect your educational options with your future social change career. The articles here offer advice and insights on how to explore your educational options, whether grad school is right for you, how to finance your education, and much more.

Below you'll find links to the thematic groups of articles. We recommend beginning with "Getting started." New articles are being added all the time, so check back often.

• List of all resources

Topics

• About the Grad School Resource Center
• Getting started
• Preparing for grad school
• Applying to grad school
• The variety of graduate study options
• Financing your graduate education
• Alternatives to grad school
• Grad study abroad: For U.S. students

Degree overviews

• All degree overviews
• "Community psychology"
• "Conflict resolution and peace studies"
• "Education"
• "International affairs"
• "Journalism"
• "Nonprofit management"
• "Public health"
• "Public interest law"
• "Theology and religion"

Events

• Idealist Grad Fairs
• Webinar on Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness with Heather Jarvis

Podcasts

Grad degrees

• Is Nonprofit Management the right degree for you?

Financing school

• Student debt relief podcasts with Heather Jarvis
• Financial aid myths, ins and outs

Videos

• All videos
• "The admissions and financial aid process for graduate school"
• "When and what to study in graduate school"

Elsewhere on Idealist

• Idealist Career Center
• Resources for job seekers
• Resources for volunteers
• Service corps resources