Graduate Assistantships
Graduate assistantships are available for highly qualified graduate students. To be eligible for a graduate assistantship, the student must be accepted in a graduate degree program and must have achieved regular graduate admission status at Northwestern State University. The minimum credit course load for graduate assistants is nine GRADUATE semester hours (six in the summer term). To be eligible to retain the assistantship, the student must maintain a B average in all graduate courses, receive a satisfactory performance evaluation, and meet all other stated requirements of the Graduate School. Out-of-state tuition, if applicable, may be waived for graduate assistants.
Stipends for graduate assistants are determined based on student grade point averages and scores on the general Graduate Record Examination. Applications for assistantships should be directed to the head of the college/department of the student's major field of study or the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research.