- Full-time enrollment is considered nine (9) credit hours of graduate level courses for masters students, six (6) credit hours of graduate level courses for doctoral students.
- In special circumstances for students graduating at the end of a term, a reduction in class load may be approved. An Assistantship Criteria Exception Form will be required detailing the reasons for not being enrolled full-time. For the summer term only, the Assistantship Criteria Exception Form is waived for reduced enrollment.
Waiver Eligibility
To be eligible for the waiver(s), students must meet the all of the requirements for each waiver:
- In-state tuition waiver (awarded to select graduate students; not all positions are eligible)
- Be an active degree-seeking graduate student
- Hired at a minimum of 10 hours per week as a graduate assistant, graduate teaching assistant, or graduate research assistant
- Position must meet minimum stipend requirements
- Be an active degree-seeking graduate student
- Be classified as an out-of-state resident for tuition purposes
- Hired at a minimum of 10 hours per week as a graduate assistant, distance learning coach g graduate assistant, graduate teaching assistant, or graduate research assistant.
Waiver Information and Processing
- Waiver is only applied towards graduate level tuition
- Fees* are not covered
- *Portion of the out-of-state financial aid fee is covered with an out-of-state waiver
Waivers are processed when the electronic Personnel Action Form (ePAF) is received and approved by the Graduate School. An email notice is sent to the student when the waiver is processed. It takes 1-3 business days for the waiver to credit to the student bill. Students who are expecting a waiver should consider a payment plan if it has not posted within 3-5 business days of the payment deadline.
Each college's Dean's Office will notify the Graduate School which students are in-state tuition waiver eligible. Please speak with your hiring department if you have questions regarding your in-state tuition waiver eligibility.
Out-of-state tuition waiver does not require college notification and will be applied to all students that meet the above eligibility requirements.
Assistantship Types
- Graduate Assistant
- Performs general educational administration duties, and has no research and teaching responsibilities.
- Duties include, but are not limited to, communicating with the instructor, posting announcements, assisting students with technical questions, participating in discussions, and documenting student comments, questions, and concerns.
- Involved in faculty-supervised research, but has no teaching responsibilities.
- Performs teaching duties under the supervision of an appropriate faculty member or administrator of a State University. This person may be the instructor of record for a course or a portion of a course.
