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FINANCIAL AID, TUITION AND FEES

Financial Aid

Graduate assistantships may be available on a limited basis each year through the School. Stipends for assistants currently range from $1,625 to $3,250 per semester for master's students, $4,250 to $8,500 per semester for doctoral students. Students holding graduate assistantships receive resident-status tuition rates.

Students can also apply for financial aid through the University’s Office of Student Financial Aid.

Cost of Study

Effective Fall 2004, new graduate students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications will be charged a one-time Enhancement Fee of $700. This fee is used to enhance graduate education in the School by providing computers, software, journals and periodicals appropriate to graduate education, to offset travel expenses to conferences where academic papers have been accepted for presentation, and other expenses related to graduate education.

The University’s tuition structure is based upon credit hours. Current costs include:

Matriculation Fee	$50 (first semester only)
International Student Enrollment Fee	$500 (first semester only)
Graduate Student Enhancement Fee	$700 (first semester only)
Tuition (per semester)
Full-time resident (12 or more credit hours)	$5,245
Full-time non-resident (12 or more credit hours)	$11,275
Part-time resident (less than 12 credit hours)	$440 per credit hour
Part-time non-resident (less than 12 credit hours)	$945 per credit hour
Columbia Technology Fee	$17 per credit hour (maximum of $200)
Optional Graduate Student Athletic Event Fee (per semester)	$86
Student Health Center Fee (per semester)
Graduate Assistants	$169 (<11 hours)
Graduate Students	$169 (9-11 hours) $113 (6-8 hours)
Health Insurance (students without coverage)	$1,233

For more information on the current tuition and fee schedule, go to the Bursar’s Office Web site.

Legal Residency

For information on and forms for Legal Residency, go to the Bursar’s Office Web site.

Health Insurance

Effective Fall 2004, graduate students enrolled in nine (9) hours or more, all students classified as graduate teaching or research assistants, and international students will be required to have health insurance coverage as a condition of enrollment.

For more information, go to the Student Health Services Web site. If you do not complete the appropriate hard-waiver forms proving that you are medically insured, you will automatically be enrolled in the student insurance plan and charged accordingly.