How did you all pay for your graduate academics? Being that the free money (grants) options is rare/nonexistent, I’m wondering how did you all manage it? What resources did you seek?

For context:

The program I’m in is online and advanced so it’s a bit costly. This is the only institution that would grant the work I did in my BSW (my undergrad was not accredited by the CSWE since it’s new but it’s in candidacy so I was limited on where to go for graduate) and is online to accommodate my needs as a disabled person.

• Edit * made to add context to my question remove information that was making the thread inefficient

Hoping to gather some resources and engage in constructive conversation about costs of academics for social workers

TIA x