Graduate Assistantships
Stipends vary from $7,000 to $10,500, based on a 20-hour-per-week work assignment. To receive an assistantship, you must registered as a full-time student (nine semester hours). In your last semester of graduate study, you may be permitted to take as few as six credit hours to maintain a graduate assistantship. To inquire about a graduate assistantship contact your program director. To receive an assistantship, you must be admitted into a WCU graduate program and maintain satisfactory academic progress (3.0 GPA on all graduate coursework).
There are also graduate assistantship opportunities available outside of your academic program. Click on the link for Professional Development Assistantship Opportunities for more information.
Tuition Waivers
The in-state and/or out-of-state portion of tuition may be waived for some, but not all, assistantships. Contact your program director for information about tuition waivers.