Teaching, research, and service assistantships are available for a limited number of well-qualified graduate students. Graduate assistantship application forms are available from the Graduate School. Applicants for graduate study who wish to be considered for such assistantships should complete an application form and submit it to the Graduate School. In addition, the applicant may want to address a letter of application to the head of the intended major department or attach a letter to the application form. Consideration for possible appointment to an assistantship can then be given after a decision has been made concerning admission to graduate study. Stipends vary from approximately $6,000 to $8,500, based on a 20-hour per week work assignment. In addition, the in-state and/or out-of-state portion of tuition may be waived for some, but not all, of these assistantships.
Students receiving assistantships will be expected to be registered as full-time students. Continuation of the appointment depends upon satisfactory performance of duties and upon satisfactory academic achievement (3.0 GPA on all graduate coursework attempted). In order to have a graduate assistantship, students must be admitted into a graduate program and must provide their Social Security card.
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