Rates are provided here as a resource for budget development. Please use in combination with your department policy and practice, graduate school policy and in conjunction with the sponsoring agency regulations and policies related to allowability on grants.
Budget notes: All graduate students admitted to start an assistantship during summer 2022 or later must be equal to a .50 FTE (if a .25 FTE, the student must have a second .25 FTE to qualify for the graduate student tuition support program (GSTSP). More information can be found on the Graduate School's assistantships webpage.
Graduate student tuition support program rates
Tier | College/School | Resident Credit Hour Cost1,5 | Academic Year2 | Summer Session3 | Annual Total4 |
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1 | Arts & Science / Dietetics / Vet Med | $551.30 | $9,923.40 | $2,756.50 | $12,679.90 |
2 | Education* / Medicine / Genetics Area Program / Neuroscience | $589.90 | $10,618.20 | $2,949.50 | $13,567.70 |
3 | Business (Acctcy PhD, Bus Adm) / Applied Behavior Analysis* / CAFNR / Health Sciences / Journalism / Informatics | $634.00 | $11,412.00 | $3,170.00 | $14,582.00 |
4 | Accountancy / Engineering | $716.60 | $12,898.80 | $3,583.00 | $16,481.80 |
5 | National Market Range: All other Business / Nursing / Data Science and Analytics | Min: $634.00 Max: $1,543.50 | | | |
| Graduate certificates | Min: $551.30 Max: $1,543.50 | | | |
| Law, LLM | $960.30 | | | |
* All of Education is Tier 2 except for the Applied Behavior Analysis Academic Plan, which is Tier 3.
Please see Cashier's website for detailed information.
1 Not including fees for student activity, student health or recreation facility
2 Based on 18 credit hours per academic year per student (9 in fall semester and 9 in spring semester)
3 Based on 5 credit hours per student for summer session only.
4 Based on 23 credit hours per year per student (9 in fall semester, 9 in spring semester and 5 in summer session)
5 The resident tuition is charged back to grants. (Note: Tuition charged back to training grants may be treated differently; please check with SPA as needed when preparing your budget.
Source: MU Cashiers Office, Tuition Rates
Institutional minimum graduate research and teaching assistant stipends per academic year
Grant budgets should include the university's discipline-appropriate stipend; the stipend amount must be at least the institutional minimum stipend amount listed below equal to the effort charged to the grant. Units should budget for increased annual stipend support that aligns with the merit increase pool for faculty and staff.
FTE | Duration in months | Master's and Specialist Level | Doctoral Level |
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| | 2025-26 | 2026-27* | 2025-26 | 2026-27* |
0.50 | 9 | $18,176.40 | $18,539.93 | $19,992 | $20,391.84 |
0.50 | 12 | $24,235.20 | $24,719.90 | $26,658.72 | $27,191.89 |
0.50 | per semester | $9,088.20 | $9,269.96 | $9,996 | $10,195.92 |
0.50 | summer and 12-month | $2,019.60 | $2,059.99 | $2,221.56 | $2,265.99 |
0.50 | 9-month, monthly, over 10 months | $1,817.64 | $1,853.99 | $1,999.20 | $2,039.18 |
0.50 | deferred pay, monthly, 9 over 12 | $1,514.70 | $1,544.99 | $1,666 | $1,699.32 |
*2% increase for 2026-27 applied to monthly stipend amount, rounded and then multiplied by 10 or 12 months to get 9-month over 10-month and 12-month amounts.
Please note that as of July 1, 2025, there will be new job codes and titles for qualifying titles. Those in the former titles will need to be moved to one of the four new titles. More communication from Human Resources is forthcoming.
Due to policy, all grad students hired into a qualifying title of Graduate Research Assistantship (jobcode 4016), Graduate Teaching Assistantship (jobcode 4017), Graduate Instructor Assistantship (jobcode 4014) and Graduate Professional Assistantship (jobcode 4018) are to be paid the 9-month stipend over 10 months, from Aug. 1 through May 31, unless prohibited by funding (i.e., granting agency does not allow it). Fall semester is Aug. 1 through December 31, and spring semester is Jan. 1 through May 31. They should be receiving equal stipend amounts per month for 5 months.
Student responsibilities are for 9 months and start and end dates need to be decided jointly by employer and student for those appointments being paid out over 10 months for a 9-month appointment. Graduate students paid over 12 months are to continue to be paid for at least the 12-month stipend listed and should have a start date of Aug. 1. Qualifying titles listed above are paid monthly and cannot be paid hourly. Unless necessary (e.g., due to grant funding timelines), graduate students should not be hired on a semester basis. If their tasks are to change by semester, it is better to hire for the full year and just update the title/funding midyear. If appointment pay starts after Aug. 1 in fall or Jan. 1 in spring or June 1 in summer, then the tuition waiver will be prorated, based on the pay start date, unless special arrangements are made.
Please note that students may only hold a .25 assistantship if they have another .25 assistantship or a university-funded fellowship at the level of the minimum stipend for a .25 FTE. A student can only be hired into a .25 FTE assistantship without a second qualifying appointment if an exception request is approved by the dean of the Graduate School. A .25 exception is only eligible for 50% tuition remission, paid by the department or grant, and 50% insurance subsidy.
Graduate student medical insurance subsidy for 2025-26 (Aug. 15, 2025, to Aug. 14, 2026)*
*International student coverage is from Aug. 1, 2025, to July 31, 2026.
Fall and Spring/Summer Sessions |
25% FTE (12 months) | $1,302.50 domestic (voluntary) | $1,302.50 international (mandated) |
50% FTE (12 months) | $2,605 domestic (voluntary) | $2,605 international (mandated) |
Fall Session Only |
25% FTE (12 months) | $546.50 domestic (voluntary) | $546.50 international (mandated) |
50% FTE (12 months) | $1,093 domestic (voluntary) | $1,093 international (mandated) |
Spring/Summer Session Only |
25% FTE (12 months) | $756 domestic (voluntary) | $756 international (mandated) |
50% FTE (12 months) | $1,512 domestic (voluntary) | $1,512 international (mandated) |
An annual adjustment for budgeting projections of 10% may be used for medical insurance and 3% for tuition, fees and stipends.
Suggested pay ranges for undergraduate students.