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Funding

• Policies Regarding Graduate Student Funding
• Appointments as Reader/Grader and Instructor
• Appointments as Research Assistant
• Funding Opportunities
• Other Sources of Funding
• Satisfactory Progress Toward the Ph.D. (PDF)

Tuition and Fees

The One Stop Student Services website gives specific information concerning tuition and fees. For the 2009-2010 academic year, semester tuition for full-time enrollment (6-14 credits) is $5,606 for residents and $9,155 for nonresidents. The per-credit rate for enrollment below 6 credits or above 14 credits is $934.33 for residents and $1,525.83 for nonresidents. The semester student fee is $348.41 and additional infrastructure and administrative support fees apply.

Graduate Assistants employed at a rate of 25% or more are eligible for the Graduate Assistant Health-Care Plan. The University pays 50% of the premium cost for those employed at 25%; and 100% of the cost for those employed at 50%. For further information, contact the Graduate Assistant Insurance Office, Boynton Health Service, 612-625-6936.

Out-of-State Students

The Programs in Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society and Comparative Literature welcome students from other states and from other countries. There is a two-tier tuition scale, one for students who have resided in Minnesota at least a year before commencing higher education (resident) and one for students from outside the state (nonresident).

Teaching Assistants and major Fellowship holders qualify immediately for resident rates.