Graduate Assistantships

All full-time students in the Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education (SAAHE) graduate program are awarded a graduate assistantship. Graduate assistantships in an administrative area provide a stipend ($6,962 for the 2013-14 academic year) and tuition waiver in exchange for 20 hours of work per week in a student affairs office. Students awarded a graduate assistantship are limited to a maximum of twelve (12) hours of course work each semester, and therefore will require two semesters plus a summer session to complete the program. Students are required to pay fees (graduate assistant fee, technology, recreation, and health) which in 2013-14 total $1,249 per semester.

Assistant residence hall directors in the Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education program will be limited to no more than nine (9) hours per semester and will need two academic years to complete the program.

Graduate assistantships are available in the following areas:

• Admissions and Orientation 
• Career Center 
• Disabled Student Development 
• Excellence in Leadership (in Student Life) 
• Greek Life (in Student Life) 
• Housing and Residence Life 
• Judicial Affairs (in Office of Student Rights and Community Standards) 
• Multicultural Center 
• Multicultural Student Organizations (in Student Life) 
• Off-Campus Student Services (in Office of Student Rights and Community Standards)
• Scholarships and Financial Aid 
• Student Center Programs 
• Student Voluntary Services (in Student Life)