Financial Aid

Graduate student assistantships are designed not only to provide financial aid to graduate students, but also to provide an opportunity for you to work closely with members of the faculty in a collegial, learning relationship.

• Teaching assistants are appointed by the assistant dean for advanced practice nursing. Research assistants are appointed by the assistant dean for research and the Ph.D. program. Each assistant receives a letter of appointment indicating the duration of the appointment, the stipend, and the faculty member with whom the student will work.
   
• Each assistant works with a faculty member who is responsible for making the teaching and research assignments and for mentoring the student.
   
• Graduate assistants in the M.S.N. and Ph.D. programs are eligible for out-of-state tuition scholarships from the Graduate School. All graduate assistants are eligible for staff parking privileges, and a 10 percent bookstore discount. In addition to the University orientation program, graduate assistants attend a University orientation conference.
   
• Graduate assistants will not be required to work more than an average of 15-20 hours a week.
   
• Graduate assistants may carry no more than 10 credit hours of course work per semester without approval of their respective assistant dean.
   
• Graduate assistants must maintain an overall 3.0 GPA.
   
• Graduate assistant stipends are taxed as income.

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