Graduate assistantships. Miami offers a significant number of graduate assistantships to outstanding graduate students. Most are modified graduate assistantships which provide a stipend of $3,511 covering the fall and spring semesters, a $1,600 graduate summer scholarship for the summer sessions, plus remission of the instructional fee and the out-of-state tuition fee for one full year. A limited number of half-time graduate assistantships provide a stipend of $7,248, plus the summer fellowship and fee waivers. Graduate assistants are required to pay a $480 general fee each term. For out-of-state students, the value of a modified graduate assistantship is $16,400. All figures are for the 2000-2001 academic year and are subject to change. 

Modified graduate assistants are required to work 8 hours per week and must enroll for a minimum of 12 graduate hours per semester. Half-time graduate assistants work 18 hours per week and must enroll for a minimum of 10 graduate hours per semester. Most graduate assistants perform research assistance and/or assist professors in the execution of their teaching responsibilities within the economics department. Some graduate assistants are assigned to work in the dean's office or in one of the research centers within the Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration.

Minority Access to Education The Minority Access to Education (MAE) graduate assistantships are special assistantships available to highly qualified minority students from the United States. The MAE awards provided a stipend ranging from $3,511 to $7,248 for 2000/2001, along with the summer scholarship and fee waivers. The duties of the MAE graduate assistants are the same as half-time graduate assistants.

Graduate Grant-In-Aid These awards waive the instructional fee and the out-of-state tuition fee but carry no cash stipend. They are available to U.S. and international students with strong academic records and the need for financial assistance. Applications may be obtained from the dean of the Graduate School (102 Roudebush Hall) and must be submitted by March 1.

Jeff M. Stein Memorial Graduate Scholarship An annual scholarship of $1,000, established in memory of Jeff M. Stein who received the M.S. in school psychology posthumously in 1983, is awarded to a full-time student holding regular admission in the Graduate School and is based on merit and financial need. Applications may be obtained from the dean of the Graduate School (102 Roudebush Hall) and must be submitted by March 1.

Need-based assistance All assistance (need-based and non-need-based) is administered by the Office of Student Financial Aid. Need-based aid includes Federal Stafford Loan Program (Subsidized and Unsubsidized) and the College Work-Study Program. Veterans assistance is also available. Applications for all of these programs must be received by March 1.

More information on financial aid and the costs of attending Miami can be found at the graduate school web site.