Only students with regular graduate student status, enrolled full-time, are eligible for graduate assistantships. A student may take more than 12 hours a term to expedite program completion. The stipend of a graduate assistantship varies depending on the amount of service rendered, the nature of service, and the qualifications of the student. To remain eligible for an assistantship, a student must discharge the assigned duties satisfactorily as determined by the director of the program. No graduate student with less than a 3.0 cumulative grade point average will be eligible to continue more than one term as a graduate assistant.
Funding varies from year to year, but there are usually several positions available.
Recipients are chosen by the faculty as positions are available. All prospective students indicating their intent to enroll in the program will be considered. The deadline for priority consideration for these assistantships is February 15. Assistantships will be offered during the first two weeks of April. A prospective student must be admitted to the higher education program to be offered an assistantship.