91tvӰԺ

Cost of English Graduate Degree

91tvӰԺ English offers comprehensive funding for MAs, MFAs, and PhDs.

91tvӰԺ English fully funds tuition costs of all full-time graduate students through multi-year graduate assistantships (students are responsible for fees). MA students are guaranteed their graduate assistantships for two years, MFA students are guaranteed three years, and PhD students are guaranteed four years, though they can apply for a fifth year of support.

• GAs take three classes per semester covered by tuition remission
• GAs teach two classes (or the equivalent) per semester paid by the stipend

The total compensation for new GAs during the 2023-2024 academic year is broken down below:

Level	Stipend for New GAs	Tuition Remission	Health Insurance Subsidy	Total Compensation for AY 23/24
MA/MFA	$14,575	Waiver for 100% of roughly $15,000 in tuition for nine graduate credits*	90% of the $3,062 premium that covers fall and spring semesters (based on 2022-23 data)	Over $32,000
PhD	$20,594	Waiver for 100% of roughly $15,000 in tuition for nine graduate credits*	90% of the $3,062 premium that covers fall and spring semesters (based on 2022-23 data)	Over $38,000

*Tuition remission does NOT include fees (about $800 semesterly) that must be paid by the ninth week of the semester for enrollment in nine graduate credits.

91tvӰԺ English graduate students are eligible for additional funding and scholarships.

91tvӰԺ English students are eligible for . Our students have recently won the 91tvӰԺ's Presidential Doctoral Fellowship, the Dissertation Completion Fellowship, and the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship. Graduate students in English Studies at 91tvӰԺ may be eligible for competitive funding from several sources to offset their conference travel, including the Department of English, the First-Year Composition Program, and the university's . We offer many internal financial scholarships every year, recognizing students in creative writing, literary studies, and rhetoric and composition.