The University of California Berkeley offers a fully funded PhD in Social Welfare. The Doctoral students design and pursue an individualized program of work tailored to their intellectual interests, and aligned with specialized research areas of faculty mentors and supervisors from Berkeley Social Welfare. Offers a competitive funding package for newly admitted doctoral students that will typically include three years of departmental support, plus an additional year of support from the Graduate Division Fellowships. Doctoral support packages normally include payment of tuition and fees, health insurance, and an annual allowance for living expense support (Estimated $28,000).