Not sure what that has to do with the article, but... Yes, it's pretty common to pay for a master's. A lot of departments will only fund PhD students (automati

Not sure what that has to do with the article, but... Yes, it's pretty common to pay for a master's. A lot of departments will only fund PhD students (automatically). Master's only people usually have to "pay their own way", although that might consist of finding their own research or teaching assistantship, etc.