Footing the Bill for Graduate School

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Footing the Bill for Graduate School

• The University of Mississippi

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Cost of Graduate Education

• Things to account for
• Tuition and Fees
• Housing
• Meals
• Books
• Equipment and supplies
• Insurance

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Types of Financial Aid

• General Definitions
• Assistantships
• Awards associated with campus-affiliated work
  assignments
• Fellowships
• Awards based on individual merit measured by
  grades, GRE scores, publications, and letters of
  recommendations
• All Fellowships are awarded based on departmental
  nominations.
• Grants
• Awards to cover expenses associated with carrying
  out research or other projects, such as travel,
  materials, or computers
• Loans
• Funds borrowed from governments and banking
  institutions

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Graduate Assistantships
• Research Assistants
• Teaching Assistants
• Administrative Assistants
• Graduate Instructorships
• Direct responsibility for teaching
• Qualifications
• Academic excellence
• Relevant experience

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Compensation
• Stipends
• Level of the graduate students
• Type of service to be rendered
• Time commitment (1/4 time or 1/2 time)
• Tuition scholarship
• 75 for 1/4 time
• 100 for 1/2 time
• Full non-resident fee waiver

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Summer Research Assistantships
• Goal
• To provide funds to enable promising graduate
  students to remain on task and on campus in their
  pursuit of a degree
• Qualifications
• Full-time, full-standing
• Compensation (10 weeks)
• 2600 ( Doctoral) 2000 (Masters)
• Waiver of one hour of tuition for one summer term

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Honors Fellowships
• Non-service award to outstanding incoming
  students
• Qualifications
• Must be eligible for admission in full standing
• Must hold assistantship paying 2250/semester
• GRE verbal score at least 450 ( International
  students)
• Master students
• GPA 3.3 GRE 1100 ( V Q) GMAT 550
• Doctoral Students
• GPA UG 3.4 G 3.75 GRE 1100 (VQ) GMAT 550

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Compensation
• Stipend (Fall and Spring)
• 2000 for Masters students per academic year
• Available for 2 years
• 3000 for Doctoral students per academic year
• Available for 4 years

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Underrepresented Fellowship Program
• Available to minority groups that have
  historically been underrepresented
• Qualifications
• Must be admitted to a degree program
• Must be nominated by the academic department
• Must not be a full time employee
• Must maintain 3.0 GPA

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Compensation
• Stipend
• 1000 for Masters students
• 1500 for Doctoral students
• 75 tuition waiver
• 44 non resident fee waiver

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Dissertation Fellowships
• Non-service award to assist doctoral students in
  the final stages of the process
• Qualifications
• Must be in candidacy
• Must have prospectus on file at the graduate
  school
• Compensation (one semester)
• 5000 tuition reduction

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Grants
• Internal
• Technical conferences
• Professional meetings
• External
• NSF
• NIH
• Congressional initiatives

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Loans
• Federal government
• State government
• Banking institutions

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Funding Opportunities at the University of
Mississippi

• Other Sources of funding
• Religious organizations
• Companies
• Civic organizations