Graduate students in English are funded via a variety of university and departmental fellowships and teaching appointments. All funding packages include full fellowship funding for the first two years of course-work and another for dissertation completion, in addition to multiple years of teaching in the English department. Additional fellowship opportunities are also available, both within and beyond the department.
For a list of and information about department, university, and external sources of funding see here.
For additional university information on fellowships, financial aid, and housing, please consult the Graduate Division: www.grad.berkeley.edu.
The Graduate Division also provides a variety of information about the cost of living in the Bay Area, additional financial aid for students with families, housing, etc. Please see below for some of these resources:
Graduate Fellowships and Awards
Cost of Attendance for Graduate Students