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 $600. 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 |
$600 (first semester only) |
| Tuition (per semester) |
|
Full-time resident
(12 or more credit hours)
|
$4,444 |
Full-time non-resident
(12 or more credit hours)
|
$9,590 |
Part-time resident
(less than 12 credit hours)
|
$440 per credit hour |
Part-time non-resident
(less than 12 credit hours)
|
$936 per credit hour |
| Columbia Technology Fee |
$17 per credit hour (maximum of $200) |
Optional Graduate Student Athletic Fee
(per semester) |
$86 |
| Student Health Center Fee |
$151 |
| Health Insurance (Optional) |
$945 |
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 Thomson
Student Health Center 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. |
