Financial Aid

Many students entering our graduate program receive financial aid from one of two sources. First, the department is able to offer one-year fellowships from the Graduate School to most of our funded first-year students. These fellowships include a stipend of approximately $15,000 and full tuition remission, but do not require students to work as teaching or research assistants. Other funded first-year students are awarded teaching or research assistantships. These assistantships usually require about 15 hours per week of service and come with a stipend of about $15,000 and an attractive package of benefits including health insurance and full tuition remission.

Students entering the program with financial support from the department are guaranteed support through their fourth year, contingent upon (1) satisfactory performance of duties, and (2) satisfactory progress towards the PhD.  A fifth year support typically will be available for students who have made satisfactory progress and who appear likely to be ready to enter the job market and successfully defend their dissertation by the end of the fifth year.  Students who enter the program without support can become eligible for support by compiling an above average record in their coursework and comprehensive exams, and by demonstrating potential for research, although availability of such funding is contingent on departmental needs and resources.

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