Office of the Provost

Faculty and Unclassified Staff Handbook
Chapter 7-- Student Affairs

Graduate Assistantships

A certain number of graduate assistantships are available each year for qualified graduate students. The assistantships average $5,000 per academic year for a full-time assistant. The stipend is paid bi-weekly for a period of nine (9) months.

The holder of an assistantship must carry at least six (6) graduate program hours and not more than twelve (12) hours of graduate study each semester. Full-time graduate assistants will work twenty (20) hours per week.

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