Tuition Scholarships

Tuition scholarships pay full tuition (in-state or out-of-state) but no stipend. Holders of tuition scholarships are required to work 8 hours per week and to take nine hours of coursework leading to their degree.

Graduate Assistantships

Students who wish to be considered for a graduate assistantship or a graduate fellowship should request application forms from the School of Graduate Studies. The completed forms should be returned to the School of Graduate Studies for distribution to the appropriate departments and offices. Applicants will not be approved for an assistantship until they have been admitted to graduate study. The assistantships are available on a competitive basis.

Students receiving graduate assistantships must register for at least nine graduate hours per semester within their approved graduate program unless a waiver is obtained from the Dean of the Graduate School. During the summer terms, graduate students on assistantships must register for a total of six hours. Out-of-state tuition is waived for graduate students who hold assistantships. All or part of the in-state tuition may be waived, depending on the level of award. Graduate assistants may not take more than 13 hours of graduate credit per semester without prior permission from the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies. Students normally do not hold a graduate assistantship for more than two years.

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School of Graduate Studies
East Tennessee State University
Box 70720
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439 - 4221

Graduate Research Assistantship

This assistantship, awarded on a competitive basis, pays a $6,000 stipend for the academic year and covers full-time tuition costs. It provides an opportunity for a graduate student to pursue significant individual research under the supervision of a College faculty member. The expected outcome is a publishable article describing the student's accomplishment.

Application forms are available in Room 210, Sam Wilson Hall. Qualifications for the research assistantship are the same as working assistantships described above. The candidate must attach a detailed description of proposed research, a schedule that includes milestones that can be measured, and a brief vita listing his or her credentials and providing evidence of suitability to undertake work. Candidates must also secure sponsorship of the research by an interested College of Business & Technology graduate faculty member who will supervise the work if the application is successful.

Please direct any questions relating to the assistantship or the competition to the College of Business & Technology, Office of Graduate Studies at (423) 439 - 5314.

A comprehensive financial aid program has been developed to assist all eligible students. Counselors are available from 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. EST Monday - Friday in the Office of Financial Aid. Extended evening hours are 4:30 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. EST on Mondays and Tuesdays. This office is located in Room 105 of Burgin E. Dossett Hall.

Office of Financial Aid
East Tennessee State University
P.O. Box 70722
Johnson City, TN 37614-0722
(423) 439 - 4300
E-MAIL: finaid@etsu.edu

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