Graduate Tuition Waiver Requirements

Students who meet all of the below requirements are eligible for a fall or spring tuition waiver: 

1. Enrollment: Must be enrolled in at least 12 hours of graduate course work.

2. Employment: Must be employed in a graduate assistantship position (GA, GRA, GTA, GLA) between 13 hours and 20 hours per week.

3. Duration: Must be hired by the first day of class and work assignment cannot end earlier than the last day of class.

Note: Failure to work for the period of time covered by your program’s semester or failure to maintain 12 graduate credit hours for fall and spring and 9 graduate credit hours for summer will result in the removal of the tuition waiver and reversal of the tuition reduction. Ensuring that the student works the required number of hours associated with their assistantship and maintains full-time enrollment is the shared responsibility of the academic program, the hiring unit, and the student.

Students who meet any of the below requirements are eligible for a summer tuition waiver: 

Eligibility based on summer semester : Students must work at least 13 hours as a graduate assistant and must be enrolled for at least nine (9) graduate credit hours during the summer semester. 

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Eligibility based on preceding year: Students who have held an assistantship of at least 13 working hours during both fall and spring semesters of the current fiscal year, and have been enrolled for at least 12 graduate credit hours each semester, are automatically eligible for a summer tuition waiver. 

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Eligibility based on upcoming year: Students presenting acceptable evidence of employment, working at least 13 hours as a graduate assistant and enrolled for 12 graduate credit hours, for the upcoming fall and spring semesters, are eligible for a summer tuition waiver.

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Eligibility based on split year:  Students working at least 13 hours as a graduate assistant in the current spring semester who also present acceptable evidence of employment working at least 13 hours as a graduate assistant during the upcoming fall semester. The student must enroll for 12 graduate credit hours for both semesters.

Note: Failure to work for the period of time covered by your program’s semester or failure to maintain 12 graduate credit hours for fall and spring and 9 graduate credit hours for summer will result in the removal of the tuition waiver and reversal of the tuition reduction. Ensuring that the student works the required number of hours associated with their assistantship and maintains full-time enrollment is the shared responsibility of the academic program, the hiring unit, and the student.