PhD. Program Financial Aid:
Because of the importance of gaining research and teaching experience as a doctoral student, PhD students are offered assistantships.
The assistantships have monthly stipends starting at $1,400 for nine months for beginning Ph.D. students with a tuition fellowship that covers 100 percent of tuition. These assistantships require students to assist faculty members for 20 hours per week in research and class administration. In addition to the monthly stipend, qualified students are eligible for additional payments of $3,500 for teaching during the summer and an additional $1,000 (with 10 hour reduction in assistantship duties) for teaching during the regular academic year. To recognize outstanding performance, both incoming and current students are eligible for additional annual awards of $2,000 as well as increases in their monthly stipends. Thus, doctoral students are eligible for financial assistance of between $16,100-$19,180 annually.
The department does not give special consideration in admission decisions to students who do not require assistantship funding.