Graduate Fellowships & Assistantships
Graduate Assistantships - Graduate students who are admitted to a graduate degree program full time and are awarded a departmental assistantship of at least 20 hours per week (50% time) are eligible to receive resident tuition status. Students may also be provided assistantships through other on campus departments or through grants, but the funding for these assistantships are at the discretion of the individual departments and grants. Assistantships also included benefits, primarily health insurance for the student. Additional insurance may be purchased for immediate family members if desired.
Tuition Remission - The Office of Graduate Studies funds up to 9 hours of resident tuition for students who have a 50% time graduate assistantship.
Fellowships - The Educational Psychology department currently nominates all eligible students for Graduate Merit Fellowships and Graduate Diversity Fellowships.
Graduate Merit Fellowship - Students who are nominated for this fellowship must demonstrate academic excellence in their previous academic work and/or extracurricular activities, as well as academic potential for their graduate studies. When awarded students receive:
A one year fellowship at $20,000
Two years tuition and required fees at the resident rate at $8,000 per year
Student insurance reimbursement for the first year at a maximum of $1,000
The total fellowship award is $37,000 over a two year period.
Graduate Diversity Fellowship - Students who demonstrate that they embrace some aspect of diversity in their personal or professional work and who also demonstrate academic potential for graduate study are nominated for this fellowship. Students who are awarded this fellowship package receive:
Three year Fellowship at $13,000 per year
Resident tuition and fees at $8,000 for three years
Departmental assistantship at $7,000 a year for three years (This is thedepartment's commitment to the student. However the student may secure an alternate assistantship with another department or with the grant that provides a higher salary.)
The total fellowship award is $84,000 over a three year period.
Regent's Fellowships - Academic departments are awarded funds to provide additional fellowships, Regent's Fellowships. In the Department of Educational Psychology these funds are divided among the various academic programs. The award is $5000 for one year and it is spread over the entire academic year. The awardee is also eligible to pay in-state tuition.
*NOTE: Students who hold a university fellowship are not eligible for the tuition payment by OGS. Specific funds included in the fellowships are designated as tuition assistance.
Loans and Financial Aid - Students are permitted to pursue various methods for paying for their graduate education. Students may apply for private or governmental loans as well as private or institutional scholarships and fellowships in an effort to fund their graduate education.
